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GOD'S TWO WITNESSES 

AND THEIR SEARCH 

FOR A CHRIST 



TOLD BY 

JOSEPH CARROLL 

AND SET DOWN BY 

FRANK R. BRUNSWICK 



1913 






Copyright Applied for, 1913 
By FRANK R. BRUNSWICK 



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TABLE OF CONTENTS. 



CHAPTER PAGE 

I. Joseph's Boyhood Home. . • 5 

II. Mrs. Fielding the Fortune Teller. 11 

III. A Strange Prophecy 19 

IV. Crucified by the Pope 29 

V. An Unfortunate Person 37 

VI. The Cramer Party 41 

VII. More Prophecy by Mrs. Fielding. 42 

VIII. On the Hill at St. Louis 46 

IX. The Three Roses 53 

X. Joseph Leaves Home 57 

XI. Arrives in Chicago 60 

XII. Joseph Goes to St. Louis 65 

XIII. Joseph Goes to the Hill 73 

XIV. The Three Roses 76 

XV. Joseph's Brother Visits Him 81 

XVI. The Three Rabbits 85 

XVII. The Preacher Prophet 87 

XVIII. Joseph Runs Out of Money. . 90 

XIX. The Preacher Tells a Story 97 

XX. How the Preacher Became a 

Prophet 101 

XXI. Joseph Tells a Lie • 105 

XXII. Joseph Leaves St. Louis 110 

XXIII. Joseph Seeks a Wife . 114 

XXIV. Joseph Buys a Home 118 

XXV. Joseph's Father Dies 124 




DR. JOSEPH CARROLL 



GOD'S TWO WITNESSES AN1D THEIR 
SEARCH FOR A CHRIST. 



Told by Joseph Carroll and set down 
By Frank R. Brunswick. 



Joseph's Boyhood Home. 

I lived with my parents and an older brother 
in a small town in the state of Montana in 
the year 1898. I was eighteen years old and 
was preparing- myself to learn a trade. My 
parents wanted me to be a baker. I preferred 
dentistry to baking. My parents let me have 
my choice and I chose dentistry. 

There being no good dental colleges in that 
town, I left for Chicago and there completed 
my professional education. At the end of 
four years I found myself a full-fledged den- 
tist. 

Having no definite location in view, I de- 
cided to visit my parents. I left Chicago May 
21, and, after an uneventful trip, arrived home. 
My father and brother greeted me warmly 
on my arrival. After securing my baggage, 



6 GOD'S TWO WITNESSES AND 

we started home in the old family rig, pass- 
ing on the way many familiar spots dear to 
my school-d^y memories. 

My mother was eagerly awaiting my ar- 
rival and greeted me with open arms, ex- 
claiming, between breaths, at my remarkable 
change in growth, looks and manners. She 
wondered that I did not come home to at- 
tend the wedding of Stella Holmes and John 
Wiggens, who are old friends and school- 
mates of mine. I explained that, on account 
of sickness, I was unable to attend. 

After having been home for a few days, 
and feeling much at home, I decided to visit 
my old friends. I was astonished at the 
changes that had been wrought during my ab- 
sence. 

I decided to make fishing my pastime. As 
I never liked to fish alone, I hunted up some 
old friends of mine, and asked them to go with 
me. I found two — one old chum, John Con- 
don, and the other, Albert Murphy, Condon's 
father had an express office, and Murphy's 
father was a tailor. 

Murphy was a lazy, big-hearted chap, who 
never looked for work, and avoided study as 
much as possible. His sole ambition was to 
get on the police force. He was big and strong 



THEIR SEARCH FOR A CHRIST 7 

and could pass a physical and mental exam- 
ination easily, as all the necessary information 
had been furnished him by his friends on force. 
Nothing happened in the town that Murphy 
did not know. 

We appointed Tuesday for the day on which 
we were to start. After having fished four 
days and having caught more fish than we 
cared for, Murphy got tired, and proposed we 
go pearl-fishing. He told us of a creek he 
knew which he said was full of mussels, and, 
if each one opened a thousand mussels, we 
were bound to find a pearl apiece. We ac- 
cepted his proposition and intended to go to 
the creek on the following Monday. I told 
my brother of our intentions and he decided to 
go with us. 

Monday came, and all four of us started to 
the creek, about five miles from town. In 
about two hours we were on the spot and soon 
were at work trying different places with our 
rakes. As we walked east against the stream, 
we found more and more mussels. We raked 
them out of the water and left them lay on the 
sand until we had thousands of them, so that 
we could keep opening them for an hour or 
more. 

The first day my brother found a pearl. It 



8 god's two witnesses and 

was fair sized and the value was more than 
one hundred dollars. We kept on looking for 
more, but could not find any large ones. In 
five days we found fourteen small pearls, the 
largest one valued at eight dollars. The four- 
teen small ones were worth forty dollars. One 
week of pearl-fishing was enough; we had to 
quit. Our hands were cut and scratched from 
opening the mussels. We were sunburnt as 
we never had been before. 

After having spent six weeks in those beau- 
tiful regions, I wanted to go and work at my 
profession, which I had just acquired and at 
which I would be able to earn a good salary. 

A friend of mine in Chicago was writing me 
very often, and wanted me to come to Chicago 
and work in his office. As he offered me a 
good salary, I finally accepted his offer and 
promised him to be there on the first of Au- 
gust, which would still give me two weeks' 
time. I wanted to spend the two weeks as 
usefully as possible. 

Condon, Murphy and my brother were very 
much interested in fishing, it seeming to be 
their favorite sport. I had grown tired of it, 
and asked them to excuse me for not going 
with them. I told them that I intended to 
leave in two weeks and that I had a good deal 



THEIR SEARCH FOR A CHRIST 9 

of writing to do, as I had received many let- 
ters and wanted to answer them all; also, that 
I wanted to be a little more with my parents. 

One fine day I and my mother had taken a 
long walk up to the hills surrounding the town. 
On our return we met an old lady, a friend of 
my mother. I remember her name — it was 
Mrs. Fielding. My mother had told her about 
me ; that I had been in Chicago for four years ; 
that I had learned dentistry; that I had come 
home on a visit, but that I did not want to 
stay long enough to suit her. My mother in- 
vited her to come to our house to visit us. Mrs. 
Fielding told us that she would come the next 
afternoon. We then departed. 

I asked my mother who Mrs. Fielding was. 
She told me that Mrs. Fielding and she went 
to school together, and that when Mrs. Fieldr 
ing was about eighteen years old she was 
married to a wealthy farmer, but that their 
happiness did not last long, as her husband 
died about fifteen months after their wedding. 
She had a married daughter who also lived in 
the town. When Mr. Fielding died he left her 
a large fortune, but she did not keep it very 
long. She was very kind to the poor, and had 
given most of her fortune to them. Now, she 
was working for a living. She had been away 



10 god's two witnesses and 

from the town for twelve years, having re- 
turned eight months ago. 

I asked my mother what Mrs. Fielding was 
doing. She said that Mrs. Fielding was work- 
ing as a housekeeper for one of the wealthiest 
families in the town — the Cramer people, 
whom I knew. Mother said that Mrs. Fielding 
was liked by every one who knew her, as she 
was a very successful fortune-teller, and that, 
if she came to visit us the next day, I should 
have my fortune told by her, just to show me 
how great and how wonderful she was. Mother 
knew that I did not believe in fortune-telling, 
but she felt that Mrs. Fielding would surely 
convince me, for mother had her fortune told 
by Mrs. Fielding, and all that Mrs. Fielding 
had told her had come true. 




MRS. F. FIELDING 



THEIR SEARCH FOR A CHRIST 11 

II. 

Mrs. Fielding, the Fortune-Teller. 

The next day I read an interesting book, on 
which I had spent the forenoon. In the after- 
noon I went out for a long walk. On my re- 
turn, I found Mrs. Fielding, with two other 
ladies whom I did not know, were mother's 
guests. On being introduced to them, I found 
that the two strange ladies were Mrs. and Miss 
Cramer, the women for whom Mrs. Fielding 
worked. They were seated at a table in the 
parlor and were having their fortune told by 
Mrs. Fielding. As my mother was last and 
most nearly through with her fortune, the 
ladies invited me to have my fortune told. But 
I told them that I did not believe in fortune- 
telling. I left the parlor and went in an ad- 
joining room, where I seated myself com- 
fortably, picked up the book that I had been 
reading all morning and began to read. As 
soon as I had read one page, Miss Cramer and 
my mother came in the room and begged me to 
have my fortune told, and to see for myself 
how great a fortune-teller Mrs. Fielding was. 



12 god's two witnesses and 

table and asked Mrs. Fielding to begin. She 
took the cards, shuffled them, then asked me 
to cut them twice. I did so. When she was 
ready to start telling my fortune, the doorbell 
rang. 

It was my father. I opened the door for 
him, then told him that Mrs. Fielding and 
Mrs. and Miss Cramer were there. Father 
asked me how they were entertaining them- 
selves. I told him with fortune-telling. He 
was anxious to know if I had had my fortune 
told. I told him that the cards for my future 
were spread on the table, but that Mrs: Field- 
ing had not told me anything yet. My father 
told me that he had come home on time to 
save me from a lot of hard luck. He assured 
me that Mrs. Fielding had a great power and 
was able to tell a person's past life and also 
the future. He said that she had told him his 
future many years ago, but that he wished 
many times she had not. He told me not to 
let her tell me anything. If I did that I would 
regret it, for Mrs. Fielding was using her 
power for a bad purpose. 

We then entered the parlor. Father bowed 
to the ladies and greeted them in a friendly 
manner; seeing cards on the table, he asked 
Mrs. Fielding whose future she was telling. 



THEIR SEARCH FOR A CHRIST 13 

She answered: "Your wife and the ladies 
wanted to hear your son's future; so this was 
to be for him." 

My father said: "Mrs. Fielding, you know 
that you told me my future a long time ago. 
You made me suffer. I know what kind of a 
fortune-teller you are; so do you. You also 
know what you did to me when you told me 
the future. Now you want to do the same 
thing to my son, but in that you shall not suc- 
ceed." 

Mrs. Fielding replied: "O, yes, your son 
will get his future told just the same." 

Father answered : "If I knew that he was so 
weak and unable to keep his word, I would 
rather see him dead than to be under the spell 
of that devilish power in which you would 
bring him. You always say that you are one 
of God's witnesses. I don't believe that you 
are. I think you are a witch and make every 
person unfortunate whose future you tell. You 
deserve to be burned just like all the witches 
were in olden days. For what you have done 
to me, with your fortune-telling, I could burn 
you at the stake." 

Mrs. Fielding arose from her seat, and in a 
cool voice said: 

"Mr. Carroll, you did not curse me, you 



14 god's two witnesses and 

cursed the Holy Ghost, and for that you will 
receive your punishment. When you will be 
sixty-three years old, you will walk through 
your shop, suddenly get caught by a wheel, 
which will smash you five times against the 
ceiling before it can be stopped. Every bone 
in your body will be broken, but you will re- 
main conscious for four days. The words that 
I have spoken will make deep impressions on 
your memory, and will make your dying hard- 
er. If you had not cursed the Holy Ghost, you 
would die in the same age, only in a natural 
way." 

After Mrs. Fielding had spoken these words, 
father turned pale with fear. He said : "What 
you have spoken, Mrs. Fielding, might come 
true, for I know that you are full of devilish 
power. The Scriptures say: 'Many will say to 
me in that day, Lord, Lord, have we not proph- 
esied in Thy name, and in Thy name have cast 
out; devils? And in Thy name done many 
wonderful works ? And then will I profess 
unto them I never knew you ; depart from me, 
ye that work iniquity/ You, Mrs. Fielding, 
will be one of those that will not be known." 

Mrs. Fielding said: "It is possible that it 
will be that way, but what I have told you will 
happen to you." 



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Mrs. and Miss Cramer seemed not to have 
heard what passed. The ladies brought up a 
different subject, and the quarrel between my 
father and Mrs. Fielding had been entirely for- 
gotten. My brother and his two friends, Mur- 
phy and Condon, came home from fishing, each 
one having a long string of fish. After show- 
ing them to the ladies, my brother asked them 
if they would want to take some of them home. 
The ladies gladly accepted his offer. Mrs. 
Cramer began to drum a tune on the piano. 
Her daughter and I were singing. When we 
finished, mother and brother, who were listen- 
ing, asked us to sing once more, as our singing 
was fine. After we had spent a half hour play- 
ing and singing, mother asked the ladies to 
step in the dining room and have a cup of tea, 
with some cake. After refreshing ourselves, 
we sang and played a few more selections, and 
then the ladies decided to leave for their homes. 
Before going, Mrs. Cramer invited us to come 
to their home on the coming Thursday, when 
she was giving a birthday party to her eldest 
daughter, Ethel. We promised we would 
come. 

My brother brought the parcel of fish and 
gave it to Mrs. Fielding to carry. Mother 
thanked them for their visit, and asked them 



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not to forget to come and visit us soon again. 
The ladies wished us a pleasant good-night 
and departed. 

My father was going for his usual evening 
walk, and asked me to go with him. Slowly, 
we went toward the green forest. On the way 
father spoke to me about the disaster that Mrs. 
Fielding had foretold how he would die. "What 
that woman says happens, but I do not care 
v/hen or where it does happen," he said. That 
it did not change his opinion about her in the 
least; that he thought she was a witch with 
devilish power and had made hundreds of peo- 
ple unfortunate with her cards. 

He assured me that I would have been one 
of them if he had not stopped me in time. He 
reminded me to be very careful and not to stay 
in the house when she was there, saying that 
he was afraid that she might get me under her 
control and make me consent to have my for- 
tune told. 

He said that he never believed in fortune- 
telling, nor in anything of that kind, until he 
met Mrs. Fielding; that she had proved to him 
through his own experience that there are real 
fortune-tellers, that the fortune can be foretold 
from the cradle to the grave. I asked my 
father what she had done to him. 



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He said that she had told him his fortune, 
and then wanted him to do some thing, and 
that, when he had not done what she had told 
him to do, she cursed him and told him many 
things which he had to do, and by doing that 
he became a poor man; that he was still 
chained by an invisible force, and he feels that 
if he reveals any of the things that she had 
spoken to him it will cost him his life. 

A.s we stood near the forest and looked about 
for a resting place, we noticed the gathering of 
black clouds above us, and it had already 
started to rain. We walked in the forest and 
there looked about for a place which would 
keep us from getting wet. The best shelter we 
could find was a large and bushy tree, under 
which we stood and patiently waited for the 
rain to cease. It rained hard for about twenty 
minutes; then it stopped, and the sun began 
to shine. 

We started on our way home. It was sup- 
per time and we knew that mother and brother 
were waiting for us. 

The next day I went to see my father in his 
machine shop. I looked at everything in the 
shop until I got tired. Then I walked in the 
office where the bookkeeper and his assistant 
and a draughtsman were working. The 



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draughtsman was busy ; he had more work 
than he could finish by the time it was wanted. 
I asked him if I could help him in his work. 
He gave me the necessary tools and showed 
me what he wanted me to do, and what was 
supposed to be ready for the next day. I 
worked from a sketch and got through with 
my drawing- in four hours. 

At five o'clock father and I went home. 
Father was tired; he had been watching the 
work of a new machine all day, as he wanted 
to find out if it was worth the money which 
was to be paid for it. Shortly after we arrived 
home that evening we had our supper. Then 
we went out in the garden, seated ourselves on 
a bench beneath the trees and conversed on 
different subjects. Late in the night we re- 
tired to our beds. 



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III. 

A Strange Prophecy. 

The next morning, when I awoke, and looked 
through my window, I saw that it was raining 
very hard. I ate my breakfast and took a book 
and began to read. Mother informed me that 
my brother had left with father, that he wanted 
to make himself useful in the machine-shop. I 
read all morning, which made the time pass 
quickly. It kept on raining until two o'clock 
in the afternoon, when it stopped and cleared 
up. Soon after two, that afternoon, Mrs. 
Fielding stepped in the house; she said that 
she was on her way to the dry-goods store 
to do some shopping, and, as she passed the 
house, she thought she would stop and see 
what we were doing. Mother was glad to see 
her, for the day seemed long to her. 

After Mrs. Fielding had told us all the news, 
mother asked her if she had the cards with 
her. Mrs. Fielding said, smiling: "You know 
well that I have them with me all the time, 
and am willing to tell the future to any one 
who wants to have it told." Mrs. Fielding 



20 god's two witnesses and 

I went with them in the parlor, sat at the 
then took her cards out of her hand-bag, shuf- 
fled them, asked my mother to cut them, and 
began to spread them on the table, eight in a 
row, and made four rows. Her pack consisted 
of thirty-two cards. After she had spread them 
on the table, she began to tell mother's future. 
I listened to her saying that mother would re- 
ceive a letter from her sister within two days, 
and all the rest was trivial. 

When Mrs. Fielding was through with 
mother's future, she asked me to have mine 
told. I told her that I did not want to have it 
told ; that I thought it all nonsense. My mother 
also asked me to have it told, saying that she 
would like to hear my future. 

Forgetting what father had told me, I finally 
consented. 

Mrs. Fielding, just as before, asked me to 
cut them, then spread them on the table. My 
future was very pleasing. No one could ask 
anything better than that what she had told 
me. Mrs. Fielding had laid the cards three 
times on the table, and with that had told me 
my future for three years to come. My future 
pleased mother very much. 

Mrs. Fielding put the cards back in her 
hand-bag, and asked me how I liked it. 1 



THEIR SEARCH FOR A CHRIST 21 

praised her, told her that she was a great for- 
tune-teller and that she would have to tell me 
more the next time she came; that I wished 
every word she had told me would come true. 
Mrs. Fielding said, everything what I have 
foretold you will come true if you will not get 
your fortune told by me any more. After Mrs. 
Fielding had left, mother asked me what I 
thought about her fortune-telling. As I knew 
that my mother believed in fortune-telling, I 
told her that Mrs. Fielding was a great for- 
tune-teller, and would have to tell me more 
about my future the next time she came. I 
had already forgotten that Mrs. Fielding had 
told me not to let her tell me any more about 
my future. 

The next day, I was home by myself; my 
mother had gone out to attend to some busi- 
ness. I was sitting in the garden, looking at 
the fleeting clouds, when suddenly I heard a 
voice, and as I turned to see to whom it be- 
longed I saw Mrs. Fielding standing in the 
doorway. She was calling me. I arose from 
the bench and walked to her. She asked for 
my mother. I informed her that my mother 
had gone out, but that she would be back soon. 
As I knew she had enough time, I asked her 
to wait. She said that she would, if she would 



22 god's two witnesses and 

know how soon my mother would return. 

I told her that I expected mother back in 
forty minutes. She decided to wait. I asked 
her to step in the parlor, where we sat at the 
table. Mrs. Fielding began questioning me 
about Chicago and I soon found that she 
thought very little about that large city, and 
would not let me say anything good of it. She 
said : "Sodom and Gomorrah were not only in 
olden days, they are here today, only under 
different names: New York, Chicago and San 
Francisco. Every one of these cities could 
change their name to Sodom or Gomorrah; 
that the majority of people which enter these 
cities are lost. They lose faith in God; they 
lose that which human beings owe toward one*' 
another. Their hearts grow as hard as stone, 
and they become the devil's tools. 

"In those cities are many with perfect bodies, 
but with imperfect souls. I have never been 
there, but I know it just the same. I would 
never advise any one to go there. You were 
four years in Chicago, and are getting ready 
to go back. I told you your future yesterday, 
the cards showed you that you will do well 
there and make a success ; that means that you 
will have success for three years." 

As soon as Mrs. Fielding mentioned fortune- 



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telling, it reminded me of everything she had 
foretold me the day before. 

I asked her if she could tell me my future 
still further. 

She answered : "A few days ago you would 
not let me tell you your future. Now you can 
not get enough told. I have told you your 
future for three years. It is good. If you 
want to have it still better than I have told 
you, you can have it; but you must remember 
that it will not be me speaking to you. It will 
be some one else speaking through me; and, 
when he will have told you everything, he will 
ask you to do something. If you do what he 
will ask you, every word which he will tell you 
will come true, and you will become a great 
man. So do you want him to speak to you?" 

I hesitated for a minute. Then I asked : 
"Who will be he that is going to speak to me 
and ask me to do something for him?" 

She replied : "It will be the Holy Ghost." 

I told her that I would do anything in my 
power. 

She said a prayer, and then said : "Now he 
will speak to you. Listen carefully so that you 
hear every word. 

"Joseph, when you were born, the moon and 
the stars were shining and the angels rejoiced 



24 god's two witnesses and 

in Heaven, as they knew what a great chance 
would be given you, and how great a man you 
would become if you would be willing to do 
what was asked of you. 

"In your younger days, you were very re- 
ligious. You offered your prayers daily. You 
did not pray only for yourself, but for all the 
poor that are suffering. God has heard your 
prayers, and as truth and justice prevail in 
your mind, God has chosen you for the man 
through whom he will reform the world and 
make you a Second Christ. 

"The praying, weeping and calling for help 
of the people is breaking through Heaven. 
God will not stand for it any longer. He has 
chosen a very strange way in which to appoint 
the reformer of the world. God will be with 
you, and do the work through you. 

"It has been your most sincere wish that 
some one should get strength and power to 
help the poor, to do away with their drudgery. 
Now you will have the chance to do that which 
you have wanted to do for so long a time. 

"Christianity has been preached for nearly 
1,900 years, and has accomplished very little. 
Tomorrow you must go to that mountain 
which you see over yonder. You must take 
the Bible with you, climb upon the rock which 



THEIR SEARCH FOR A CHRIST 25 

you call Giant's Rock. On that rock you will 
find a seat chiseled in the stone. In that seat 
you must sit down and read the Bible. After 
you will have read the Bible for a while, you 
will look up in the sky. There you will see a 
large bird that will descend before you. His 
looks will surprise you much. The front part 
of the body will be that of a sheep, and the 
hind part that of a bird. 

"As soon as he will have descended, he will 
speak to you, but you will not understand 
what he is saying. With his feet he will make 
a sign on your forehead that will cause a little 
pain. That sign will stay on your forehead 
forever. When that bird will have made that 
sign on your forehead, he will speak to you 
again, but you will not be able to understand 
him. Then he will fly whither he came. 

"From that time on, the Holy Ghost will be 
with you. You will have power to do every- 
thing that you will want to do. That Great 
Spirit which delivers God's messages to you 
through me will bring God's message to you. 

"You will do only that which God will want 
you to do. Your work will be similar to 
Christ's. You will begin to preach on the 
streets and cure cripples and all kinds of dis- 
eases that are incurable today. You will have 



26 god's two witnesses and 

power to prophesy. All your wishes will be 
granted you. You will become known all over 
the world. People will see you as a messenger 
of God; they will send you money with which 
you will build one of the largest temples that 
ever has been built for a true religious pur- 
pose. Many rich people will flee to foreign 
countries, when they will hear of you, because 
they will not want to contribute any of their 
money. All those that will flee to foreign 
countries will become possessed with four evil 
spirits. These four evil spirits will torture 
them. They will not find rest upon the face 
of the earth, unless they rturn whence they 
came and confess to you that which they have 
done and what kind of experience they have 
had. They will offer you their wealth, but 
you will accept it only from some of them. 

"Those whose money you will accept will go 
preaching into all parts of this world. The 
Holy Ghost will also be with them ; and those 
whose money you will not accept will be un- 
fortunate and will never find comfort. 

"You must not wear jewelry, nor ride in 
vehicles of any kind. You must not smoke nor 
drink liquors, and must not have any more 
clothing than you will need. You will at all 
times know what to do. That Great Spirit 



THEIR SEARCH FOR A CHRIST 27 

which is with me will be with you. All your 
friends will be astonished when they will see 
you do your great work, as all will know that 
you were only a dentist. 

"Your whole work will be finished in one 
year. At the end of that year five rulers of 
the earth will pay you a visit, it being their 
firm and steadfast belief that you are a mes- 
senger of God. They will congratulate, you 
and utter words of appreciation for the work 
that you have done. These five rulers will be 
at your service. They will be ready to do any- 
thing for you, whatever you may ask of them. 
They will ask you what they can do for you. 
You will tell them that you do not want to 
bother them with anything; but as you think 
that it will be a pleasure to them to do some- 
thing for you, and as you know that you will 
die soon, you will request of them to give your 
body a decent burial. 

"They will be very much astonished at your 
request. They will ask you no questions, but 
will give you their word of honor that they 
will do that which you have asked of them, 
and that over your grave they will erect one of 
the largest monuments ever placed .over a 
grave. 

"You and these five rulers will be in the 



28 god's two witnesses and 

temple, and as soon as they will have promised 
you that they will take care of your body, you 
will bless them and they will then depart into 
their homes. People of all the nations will 
know about you ; you will be looked upon as a 
Second Christ throughout the world. 



THEIR SEARCH FOR A CHRIST 29 

IV. 

Crucified by the Pope. 

"But all people will not like you. The Pope 
and his cardinals will be your most dangerous 
enemies, because you will not praise their re- 
ligion. You can not help that, you must, and 
you must always speak as the Spirit, which 
will always be with you, will tell you to. 

"When your work will be finished, the Pope 
of Rome, the head of the Catholic Church, will 
write to you. He will congratulate you, and 
at the same time will ask you several ques- 
tions. You will answer them. The answers 
will not be satisfactory to Leo XIII. He will 
get angry, and from that day he will go after 
your life. He will call in session all the heads 
of the Roman Catholic Church. They will meet 
on a certain day, to which he will invite you. 
His plan will be to murder you in the sight 
of many of his disciples. 

"You will go. God will be with you. In 
Rome, in the Vatican, you will be received, as 
no other man has ever been. As it is the custom 
that every man who enters the walls of the 



30 god's two witnesses and 

Papal chambers to speak to the Pope must 
come to him on his knees, you would not do 
that, even if you were expected to do so. As 
soon as you will come to him, he will give you 
a kiss, as Judas gave to Christ, when he be- 
trayed him. He will offer several hypocritical 
prayers. Then he will question you. You will 
answer his questions, as the Spirit of God will 
tell you. All your answers will be unsatisfac- 
tory to him. The last question which he will 
put before you will be: 'Am I worthy of the 
place that I am now holding — the place of Holy 
Saint Peter?' You will answer as the Spirit 
of God will tell you. At your last answer he 
will get angry. He will turn purple in the 
face. The Devil will be in him. In this raving 
condition he will give orders to his men to 
take you in the catacombs and crucify you. 

"His men will execute his orders. He, the 
Pope himself, will be present at the crucifixion. 
He will laugh in your face, and do the most 
cruel and meanest things to you that only the 
Devil can think of. You will die on the cross, 
as our Savior did. 

"But do not be afraid of death. You will not 
feel any pain. As soon as tbey will drive one 
nail in your foot, you will expire, and God's 
angels will take your soul to Heaven, and on 



THEIR SEARCH FOR A CHRIST 31 

the Judgment Day you will be at the right 
hand of Christ, and there you will never re- 
gret what you have done for the people on 
earth. 

"As weeks will pass and your friends will 
not hear from you, they will become alarmed. 
They will know that you were invited to 
Rome. They will inquire for you there. The 
answer that they will receive will be a sarcas- 
tic one. They then will notify the President 
of the United States, who is one of these five 
rulers that a short time ago promised you they 
would take care of your body after death. 

"He will inform the other four rulers, who 
also gave you their, promise that your body 
should have a decent burial. 

"These five rulers will send their represen- 
tatives to Rome to find o'ut when you came 
there and when you left. These representa- 
tives will have strict orders which they will 
obey. On their arrival in Rome, admission to 
the Vatican will not be granted to them. They 
will be told that the Pope is very ill. The 
Pope will not be ill, but he will give sickness 
as his excuse for not meeting them. These 
men will demand to see the Pope's secretary, 
whom they will see after hours of waiting. 
They will question him concerning ypu. He 



32 god's two witnesses and 

will tell them that you have been there, and 
left Rome, January 18, twenty-eight days ago; 
that you were accompanied by ten men, and 
that he was one of the ten men that accom- 
panied you to the train. 

"These five representatives will depart from 
the Vatican, and will telegraph the news to 
their rulers that you left Rome safe for home. 

"In the night God will give every one of the 
five representatives three visions, which they 
will call dreams. The first vision that these 
men will see will be your departure from St. 
Louis. They will see you in the temple with 
hundreds of people about you, and will hear 
you offer your last prayer in your country. 

"When they will have seen that view, they 
will awake ; it will be one o'clock in the morn- 
ing. Neither one of them will think much 
about it, and will sleep again. Then they will 
have a second vision. They will see your ar- 
rival in Rome, and how you are received by 
hundreds of priests at the Vatican. 

"They will awake and it will be three o'clock 
in the morning. As these men do not have 
dreams often, they will blame their stomachs, 
and go to sleep again. 

"In thirty minutes another vision will be 
seen by them. They will see you sitting among 



THEIR SEARCH FOR A CHRIST 33 

hundreds of priests in the Vatican; will hear 
Leo XIII offer his prayers. They will hear 
every question which the Pope asked you. 
They will see how angry and disappointed all 
those men looked and how you answered the 
last question. They will see the Pope in his 
rage; how he became purple in the face, and 
how, in that moment he ordered his men to 
seize you, how you were carried in the cata- 
combs and^crucified. 

"They will hear the Pope mock and laugh at 
you. They will see that as soon as one nail 
was driven in your foot that you expired. 

"When these five representatives will have 
seen all this in their dreams, they will awake. 
Their terror over the sight of that terrible deed 
in the catacombs will seem to have no end. 

"When they meet the next morning, one of 
them will ask the others why they are all up so 
early. One of them will reply: T had a bad 
dream. It kept me awake all night.' Then he 
will tell them his dream. 

"As soon as he will have told it, each of the 
others will say that they dreamed the very 
same thing. As one of them will be a very re- 
ligious man, a believer in dreams and visions, 
he will say that the dream which all of them 
had was given them from God. Pie will then 



34 god's two witnesses and 

declare that you have not returned home, you 
have been murdered in the way all of them saw 
in their dream. He will tell them to inform 
their rulers of their dreams, and to say that 
you have not arrived in your country; the 
dream that they have had will mean that the 
crime of your crucifixion has been committed. 
The others will be of the same opinion. 

' They will telegraph to their rulers the mes- 
sage of their discoveries concerning you. 

"All of them will leave Rome the same day. 
After they arrive in their countries, they will 
inform their rulers of the vision they have had 
while in Rome. W j hen these five rulers will 
have heard of that terrible and terrifying vision 
from their representatives, they will confer to- 
gether and will conclude to send troops to 
Rome and search the catacombs of the Vati- 
can. 

"Strict orders will be given that if your body 
should be found it shall be brought back to the 
United States. The Pope shall be taken as a 
prisoner and brought to the United States. 

"When these orders have been given, battle- 
ships from every one of the five nations will 
start for Italy. They will arrive at the Vatican 
coast late at night. Early in the morning fifty 
thousand soldiers will be marching toward 



THEIR SEARCH FOR A CHRIST 35 

Rome. "Forty thousand will surround Rome, 
ten thousand will march into Rome, surround 
the Vatican and search the catacombs. Your 
body will be found. The Pope will be taken 
a prisoner and brought to America. The Vati- 
can will be destroyed and will never be rebuilt. 
You will be buried in your country, and near 
your grave will be one of the largest monu- 
ments in the world. 

"Statues of you will be erected over all the 
world as a memorial, and all your work will be 
printed and made a part of the Bible. The 
world will be reformed; the spirit of love and 
equality will prevail over the people of earth 
for many hundred years. During that time, 
humanity will greatly increase in numbers. 
Deserts will be changed into beautiful gar- 
dens. Every spot on earth will be populated. 
Then again, the people will become bad. They 
will become worse than they are today. Then 
will come the end of the world. 

"Your work will be finished in one year, 
which will astonish your parents, your brother 
and your friends, as they will not know how 
nor where you have received the power with 
which to do that great work. Sadness and dis- 
appointment will overtake them when they 
will hear how and by whom your life has been 



36 god's two witnesses and 

taken. Many millions of people will mourn for 
you, and it will be one of the saddest days in 
nineteen hundred years. The day on which 
your body is recovered will be made a holiday 
in America. As the Pope, the head of the 
Catholics, murdered you, no person will ever 
say that he is a Catholic. 

"As time will pass, the Catholic religion will 
vanish. The Pope would be hanged; but on 
account of his age, the people will have mercy 
on him, send him to prison for life. That man 
has been preaching the word of ,God for many, 
many years. I tell you that he does not believe 
in immortality. 

"As I have told you, it is up to you to reform 
the world. You are the man appointed by God 
to do all this good and great work. 

"All that which I have told you will happen. 
Every word I have spoken will come true, if 
you kneel before me. No one is forcing you. 
You must do that of your own free will. If 
you kneel before me, you will not suffer after 
death. Nearly every person does suffer more 
or less." 



THEIR SEARCH FOR A CHRIST * 37 

V. 

"An Unfortunate Person." 

"Why don't you do that which I ask of 
you? Before I began speaking to you, you 
promised me that you would do what I would 
ask you to do. If you are ashamed to kneel 
before me, go and kneel before that painting 
of our Savior, Jesus Christ, who died for us on 
the Cross. Or kneel before the open window, 
and you will kneel before God. If you would 
kneel before me, you would kneel before the 
One that speaks to you through me. 

"So you are ashamed to kneel before the 
Holy Ghost and before Christ and God.' , 

When Mrs. Fielding said these words, she 
arose from her chair, and walked three or four 
steps away from me and then stopped. As I 
looked at her, I saw that she was surrounded 
by a light of many colors, mostly around her 
hfad. She looked at me, and then said: "Jo- 
seph, you are an unfortunate person. You 
would have been better off if you had never 
been born, and what I have told to you will 
not happen. You are an unfortunate person 
and will die in a prison." 



38 god's two witnesses and 

When she spoke these words she was very- 
angry and seemed to be two or three feet taller 
than usual. She opened the door and walked 
out of the room. 

I wanted to go after her and beg her pardon 
for not having done what I had promised her 
that I would do, but I was sitting in the chair 
as if struck by lightning, and was unable to 
arise. I had never expected to see her so ter- 
ribly angry. The words which she had spoken 
when angry seemed to penetrate my body like 
sharp-edged tools. I regretted very much that 
I had not knelt before her. 

While I was sitting in that chair, I thought 
over every word which Mrs. Fielding had told 
me, but I could not believe that she would 
have made me the reformer of the world, or 
that she had the power to do so. 

"However, I wished to get only one more 
chance, and decided that I would kneel before 
her without hesitancy. A few minutes later 
my mother came home. I told her that Mrs. 
Fielding had been here to see her and had 
waited a long time. I also hold her that Mrs. 
Fielding had told me many great things, 
wanted to make me a reformer of the world, 
and that she wanted me to kneel before her. 
My mother then asked me if I had done it. 



THEIR SEARCH FOR A CHRIST 39 

When I told her that I had not, she began to 
weep and said that I would have to suffer very 
much. She said that the same thing had hap- 
pened to my father; that Mrs. Fielding had also 
told him a lot -of great things and then asked 
him to kneel before her ; but that, as he had 
been for many years a soldier and had gone 
through a good deal of rough life in his younger 
days, he told her that the person before whom 
he would kneel is not living. 

As soon as father had said that to Mrs. Field- 
ing, some kind of a strange power seized him. 
He was standing in the center of the parlor, 
when he began to call for help with a voice 
that seemed to shake the whole building. Mrs. 
Fielding wanted to leave the room, but my 
mother went to her and begged her to help 
father, or tell her how she could help him. 

Mrs. Fielding went to my father and told 
him to pray to God for help, which he did. 
After they all had prayed for fifteen or twenty 
minutes, the pains had left him. 

Mother said that my father did not think 
anything well of Mrs. Fielding; that he 
thought she was a witch, and that no one 
could change his opinion. 

My mother told me that Mrs. Fielding had 
done the same thing to h-er daughter and her 



40 god's two witnesses and 

son-in-law, and that every person to whom 
she had told things of that kind was afraid of 
her; and that no one dared to tell one word 
of what she had told them; they feared that 
if they should tell, it might cost them their 
lives. 

I believed that my mother had spoken the 
truth. But I could not see how Mrs. Fielding 
could make me suffer. It was unbelievable 
to me. We stopped talking about Mrs. Field- 
ing as I saw my father and my brother were 
coming home. I did not want father to know 
that Mrs. Fielding had told all those great 
and mysterious things she had. I was sit- 
ting a long time on the couch and thinking 
if it could be possible for Mrs. Fielding to 
make me a reformer of the world, if I knelt 
before her. 

I was feeling very sad, and wished that 
Mrs. Fielding would give me one more chance. 



THEIR SEARCH FOR A CHRIST 41 

VI. 
The Cramer Party. 

At breakfast next morning my mother gave 
me several letters. On opening them, I found 
that one was an invitation to Miss Cramer's 
birthday party to be held the next afternoon. 
In the evening of that day, when my brother 
came home from work, I informed him of the 
Cramer invitation. He was glad to hear it, 
and said that we would attend the party to- 
gether.. 

The next day my brother stayed home from 
work. The weather was warm. In the after- 
noon we went to the Cramer residence which 
was beautifully located in the center of ten 
acres, adorned with rose gardens, flower beds, 
and foreign trees. There was one dancing 
pavilion and several small summer houses; 
also a fair-sized fishpond, through which a 
small river flowed. The house and grounds 
were beautifully decorated and all the guests 
were delightfully entertained by Miss Cramer 
and her mother and father. 



42 god's two witnesses and 

VII. 
More Prophecy by Mrs. Fielding. 

The next morning was gray and foggy. I 
expressed a desire to visit an uncle who lived 
on a farm several miles from the town; but 
as the fog had turned into a heavy rain, I 
was obliged to stay at home. 

In the afternoon my mother told me that she 
was going to take a short nap, and that if 
she would be wanted I would find her in her 
sleeping-room. When my mother had gone 
to her room, I began to write a letter to a 
friend and had written only a few lines when 
Mrs. Fielding stepped into the room. I greet- 
ed her cordially as a good old friend of the 
family. As I thought she had come to see 
my mother, I arose from the table, intending 
to call mother; but Mrs. Fielding stopped me, 
saying that she had not come to see my 
mother but to see me; that she had come to 
give me another chance, as I had been wish- 
ing for it so very much. 

Mrs. Fielding commended me by saying: 
Do what you was supposed to do, and every- 
thing will happen just as I have told you." 



THEIR SEARCH FOR A CHRIST 43 

I looked surprised and did not know what 
she was talking about. 

Mrs. Fielding waited a few seconds and 
then said : "Do you not know that the Holy 
Ghost has been speaking to you, and that 
you had promised Him to do anything what- 
ever he will ask of you, and then had not done 
it; and after I left you, your only wish was 
to get only one more chance. That chance 
has now been given you, but you have again 
failed to do what you have promised to do. 
For that you are an unfortunate person and 
will have to suffer." 

When she began to speak to me, my mind 
was a blank as to all that she had told me two 
days ago. But as soon as she said, "You are 
an unfortunate person, and you will have to 
suffer," everything came to my memory. 

When I knew she wanted me to kneel be- 
fore her, I offered to do it, but she replied 
that it was too late. "You are unfortunate, 
but not as much as many others are. As you 
did not kneel before me, you must first fulfill 
commandments, if you expect to come into 
the Kingdom of Heaven." 

I did not answer, but the thought was in 
my mind that I certainly expected to go there. 

Mrs. Fielding said : "You will have to listen 



44 god's two witnesses and 

to me so that you hear every word, and know 
what to do. You are ready to leave this corn- 
ing Monday and go to Chicago. There you 
will practice your profession. Your friend in 
Chicago is doing well. You will be perfectly 
satisfied with the salary he will pay you. 
You will save a considerable amount of money 
in one year. When the first year will have 
passed, you will begin to make all kinds of 
plans for your future life. You will also de- 
sire to get married. You will be acquainted 
with many girls, but there will be one you 
will like best. That will be an artist's daugh- 
ter and will be a very pretty girl. You will 
visit her three and four times a week, and at- 
tend many parties at her home. Her parents, 
orothers and sisters will like you, and will 
regard you as her future husband. 

"'But I must warn you not to marry that 
girl ; if you do, she will die a short time after 
your wedding, and her death will cause you 
much trouble and will bring you in to prison. 
Don't marry her. When that girl was sixteen 
years old, she was in a boarding-school. 
There she was acquainted with a very relig- 
ious girl. They liked one another as sisters. 
But your girl's friend liked to read the Bible, 
and when she was reading, your girl friend 



THEIR SEARCH FOR A CHRIST 45 

could not speak to her. There was a day 
when your girl felt like doing a good deal 
of talking, and the other one wanted to read 
the Bible, and she did. Your girl, that day, 
made up her mind that she would stop the 
other girl from reading. 

"One day she came home sooner than her 
friend, and saw the Bible lying on the table, 
and knew that her friend would start reading 
it again; so she took that Bible and threw it 
in the furnace, which burned it up. When her 
friend came to her room and found that the 
Bible was missing, she regretted the loss very 
much, as the Bible had been given her by an 
older sister that died, soon after. Because 
your girl burned that Bible, you must not 
marry her; and she will never marry. You 
will forget what I am now telling you, but 
when the time comes you will be reminded by 
some one. The best thing for you is to leave 
Chicago and tell no one where you are going. 
As an uncle of yours will be in St. Louis, 
you will decide to go to him. On the day 
you will be leaving Chicago, it will be raining, 
lightning and thundering. 



46 god's two witnesses and 

VIII. 
On the Hill at St. Louis. 

"You will arrive at St. Louis Sunday. 
When you come out of the station, turn to 
your right. There you will see a blind col- 
ored man,, who will be standing, begging. 
He will have only received four cents. Go to 
him and talk to him ; you will find out that he 
is hungry. 

"You take him to a restaurant, and buy 
him whatever he wants to eat. When you 
get through eating, he will tell you his story, 
and how he came to lose his eyesight. His 
story will be a long one, but I know what 
he will tell you. He will say that an explo- 
sion of dynamite that happened in a mine 
was the cause of his being blind; that he 
never believed in God, and was cursing and 
swearing from morning until night before that 
accident; he had a dream that a man came 
to him in the mine and preached to him the 
word of God, and before he left him he asked 
him if he wanted to become a better man, 
and that he answered him no. Soon as he had 



THEIR SEARCH FOR A CHRIST 47 

said that word, the preacher stooped to the 
ground, picked up a handful of sand and 
threw it into his eyes. As soon as the preacher 
had done that, he felt a terrible pain ; that the 
preacher spoke to him and said : 'You shall 
be blind.' When he awoke it was morning 
and he had slept one hour longer than usual 
and had to hurry to get to work on time. 
When he got there and had given three or 
four strokes with his pick-ax, he heard a 
noise. Stones and sand was flying in all di- 
rections. He was 'knocked ^unconscious, and 
was taken to a hospital where his wounds 
were healed, with the exception of his eyes. 

"When he will have finished telling you his 
story, give him several dollars, and take him 
back to the place where you took him from. 
He will be glad and will thank you for your 
kindness very much. 

"When you will have left him, you must 
go and find two more beggars, and treat them 
likewise. Then your commandment will be 
fulfilled. I could tell you where to find them, 
but you had better walk around and look for 
them yourself. 

"Then you will go and look for your uncle's 
place, which you will find without difficulty. 
Your uncle and aunt will be very glad to see 



48 god's two witnesses and 

you, and you will have a fine time in St. Louis 
if you did not have so many commandments 
to fulfill. While you will be in St. Louis you 
must at all times treat the beggars kindly. 
You must give alms to every beggar you meet. 
You must also join some church, any one you 
like, but you will join a Congregational 
church. 

"When you are in that church the first time, 
you will hear the preacher preach a sermon 
about the Holy Ghost. You will like it very 
much and will go to that church every Sun- 
day. You will get well acquainted with the 
preacher. As you will not be working, you 
must also go in the prisons and visit the pris- 
oners. You must visit them every week, and 
do for them whatever they will ask you to do. 
One of the prisoners will be an ironworker. 
He will make you a small horseshoe for a 
keepsake. As long as you will have this shoe, 
you will be lucky. But you should not keep 
it. Send it to one of your relatives. 

"You have committed a great sin for not 
kneeling before the Holy Ghost; praying in 
church will not be enough. You must go 
out on the hills every evening and there pray 
from 8 to 12o'clock. You have to take the 
Bible with you and read it. Be very, very 



THEIR SEARCH FOR A CHRIST 49 

careful not to miss one night. On the hill 
you must pray and read the Bible for four 
hours every night. 

"Some one will inform you that you don't 
have to go to the hill any longer. 

"If you should miss one night, you will be 
given into the power of one evil spirit. 
These are the spirits that would have tor- 
mented those people that fled to foreign 
countries. Those spirits will torment you 
until God forgives you. 

"I see that you will try to miss one night 
and that the spirits will torment you, and you 
will go to the hill and pray, not only until 
12 o'clock, but you will stay there until 1 
o'clock. It will be on the evening when your 
brother will be there visiting. You will not 
want to go as you will be ashamed to let 
your brother see you pray. It will be 8 
o'clock in the evening. You will be talking 
to your brother, when of a sudden you will 
hear a voice call you. It will be the voice 
which has spoken to you before. It will ask 
you why you have failed to obey God's com- 
mandments. You will not be able to answer. 
Then those four evil spirits will torture you 
until you feel that you can no longer endure 
it. Then pray to God to forgive you. I see 



50 god's two witnesses and 

that he will forgive you. Your brother will 
be in the room. He will see your pain and 
suffering and will laugh at you. 

"Then you and your brother will go to 
the hill and there pray until 1 o'clock. Your 
brother will be very much astonished, and 
will want to know what had been going on. 
You do not tell him a word. If you do, the 
four evil spirits will torment you. 

"Your brother will leave you in a few days 
and go back home. Pray for him on the hill ; 
for whomsoever you will pray on that hill 
will be blessed; they will be healthy, happy 
and successful. But do not pray for every- 
body; pray only for those that you know are 
good. 

"It will be late in the fall when some one 
will inform you that it is your last night on 
that hill ; that you do not have to come there 
any more. On that night you will be lying 
in the grass, looking at the sky, which at that 
time will be illuminated by the beautiful 
moonlight. Of a sudden you will hear a noise 
just like a rattling of chains. You will look 
in that direction whence the noise will come, 
and you will see three rabbits come from be- 
neath a bush. They will come to you, look 
at you for a few minutes, and then return 



THEIR SEARCH FOR A CHRIST 51 

whither they came. These rabbits will be 
three evil spirits. Don't be afraid of them; 
they cannot harm you; they have just come 
to look at you as it is your last night on the 
hill. These are three of the four evil spirits 
that have tormented you. Sunday you will 
go to church as usual, and, as the preacher 
will be giving a little party, he will invite you. 
At this party the preacher will make you 
acquainted with many of his personal friends. 
With them you will have a good time. 

"On the next day, Monday, you will not 
know what to do. You will finally decide to 
visit the preacher. When you arrive at his 
home, you will be received by his sister, who 
will inform you that her brother has gone 
out but that she expects him back in a short 
time. She will ask you to wait for him. 
While you will be waiting that young lady 
will tell you all about her brother; what she 
will tell you will be important for you to 
know. But as you will forget every word 
that I am telling you now, it would be of 
great help for you if you would write all those 
things down, so that you can look them up 
at the time you will need them." 

I said to Mrs. Fielding that I did not think 



52 god's two witnesses and 

it was necessary for me to write them; that 
I would remember all that she told me. 

Mrs. Fielding replied that it was not neces- 
sary, but that it would be better for me if I 
would write down the important things; but 
that, at the proper time, I would be reminded 
by some one. 



THEIR SEARCH FOR A CHRIST 53 

IX. 

The Three Roses, 

Then she said: "It will be on a Monday 
when you and the preacher will go in the 
park. As you enter the gate, you will see 
three pretty roses hanging above. If you 
can get one of these roses, you will have more 
luck. If you can get two, you would be suc- 
cessful in everything you undertake. If you 
can get all three roses, you will be the most 
successful man on earth; all you will wish for 
will be given to you. 

"As your money will be nearly all spent, 
and you will be unable to get any more from 
your parents, relatives, or your friends, it 
will be necessary for you to get those roses. 
You cannot g*et them in the day time, as too 
many policemen are watching. Go in the 
night between 12 and 1 o'clock, when nobody 
can see you. Be very careful so you won't 
spoil one of them and not drop one of them 
to the ground. If you do, all your work will 
be for nothing. If you can not get the three, 
get only one. Do not speak about these roses 



54 god's two witnesses and 

to the preacher. You and the preacher will 
go in the park, and when you have walked 
through several times you will take a seat 
on a bench to rest. On that bench the preach- 
er will make himself known to you, and also 
tell you what to do. 

"That is all I had to tell you ; and, as there 
will be a time when you would like to know 
how I became a prophetess, I will tell you. 
I and your mother were born in the same 
town. We grew up together. When I was 
18 years old I married, but sorrow soon over- 
took me, as my husband became sick and in 
a few days died. After his death I felt- very 
despondent and lonesome. In those days I 
prayed often hours at a time or read the 
Bible. One lonesome morning, when I was 
reading the Bible, I came to think of my hus- 
band. That made me weep bitter tears. I 
heard a voice calling me by name. I looked 
all around in the large room, but saw no one. 
In a short time I heard the voice again, and 
it said: 'Frances, fear not, for thy prayer 
has been heard. The Holy Ghost will be sent 
to you and you will become a prophetess, and 
you shall prophecy unto the people. Obey 
God's commandments as thou hast heretofore.' 

"From that day on the Holy Ghost has been 



THEIR SEARCH FOR A CHRIST 55 

with me, and I do whatever he tells me to 
do. He knows the past to the beginnig, and 
sees the future to the end. Whatever he says 
comes to pass. If I should say that you shall 
fall through this floor, and fall into the fire 
which is in the center of the earth, it would 
happen." 

Mrs. Fielding then asked me if I had any 
questions that I wanted to ask her. 

I asked her if she could tell me how and 
when our earth would be destroyed. 

She smiled and then asked me why that 
question had come into my mind ; and whether 
I considered myself worthy of knowing what 
no one knows but God himself. 

She rebuked me. 

She then said that before this world would 
be destroyed, there would be worse years than 
there have been from the beginning. 

Mrs. Fielding then told me : 

"When you will have fulfilled all the com- 
mandments, you will not have one dollar that 
you can call your own. Your friends and rel- 
atives will not help you; they will call you 
an insane, lazy spendthrift. Do not care, and 
do not explain to them anything that I have 
told you. If you do, you will be tortured 
forever and ever. 



56 god's two witnesses and 

"You are going to leave here Monday after- 
noon. I will not see you any more; for that 
reason I say good-by to you to-day. I do not 
wish you luck; for everything will come to 
pass as I have told you. If I would wish 
you luck, you would be lucky; but you would 
not deserve luck, for you were ashamed and 
afraid to kneel before the Holy Ghost. Well, 
you will be given another chance. You will 
meet a prophet in St. Louis, and if you kneel 
before him your son will be the Reformer or 
the Second Christ, as you would have been 
if you had knelt before me. 

"I will see you in five years when you will 
come home to your father's funeral." 

Then, with tears in her eyes, Mrs. Fielding 
said good-by to me, and went home. 

My intentions had been to leave home July 
21, and this was Saturday, July 19. 

I began packing my trunk so as to be 
ready. 



THEIR SEARCH FOR A CHRIST 57 

X. 
Joseph Leaves Home. 

Monday morning I bade good-by to all my 
friends and relatives. I left my home for Chi- 
cago. 

At 5 o'clock the sky became very dark. 
Great sheets of rain fell. The thunder and 
lightning were terrific. The flashes of light- 
ning could be seen in all directions. Suddenly 
I was shocked by a crash of thunder that 
seemed to shake the earth. At that very mo- 
ment I felt a hand on my shoulder. I turned 
and saw that it was a lady who had entered 
the car only a few minutes before. Her eyes 
looked like two burning coals. As her hand 
lay on my shoulder, I felt a powerful current 
of electricity passing through my body. 

Before I could speak to her, she addressed 
me by my full name and said: "Joseph Car- 
rol, you are the man through whom God 
wanted to reform the world. Before you had 
left home, a prophetess was sent to you, and 
told you how God wants to reform the world 
through you. But before she spoke to you 



58 god's two witnesses and 

about these great things, she informed you 
that you would have to do something and 
asked you if you would do it. You promised 
her that you would do it, if it would be in 
your power; but when she had told you all 
the great things and asked you to do that 
which you had promised, you had changed 
your mind, and did not do it. For that you 
are given into the power of torturing spirits, 
which will torment you for many years. But 
as God is here with us at present time, and 
sees in your heart, He has mercy on you, 
and is giving you another chance to do that 
which you promised the prophetess you would 
do. Do it, and you will reform the world, and 
save yourself from everlasting torture." 

I tried to recall what Mrs. Fielding had 
asked me to do, but was unable to remember 
it. I knew that Mrs. Fielding had told me 
that she was a prophetess, a witness of God, 
and that she had told me many things. 

The lady remained standing beside me, her 
hand resting on my shoulder, as if waiting 
for an answer. Then her husband called and 
asked what the matter was, if she had lost 
her mind, and harshly ordered her to return 
to her seat. She replied that she* was per- 
forming God's duty and that he should let 



THEIR SEARCH FOR A CHRIST 59 

her alone and not interfere. But he asked her 
once more to return to her seat. She an- 
swered, telling him not to dare to speak one 
word, for if he did that God would send an 
incurable disease on him. Her husband did 
not answer. 

She then said to me: "So you will not do 
it. You are unfortunate; you will have to 
suffer much; you will work hard all your life 
for other people and at last will die in a 
prison." Then she walked back to her seat, 
and I recalled that she wanted me to kneel 
before her, as Mrs. Fielding did, but it was 
too late. I remembered many of the things 
which Mrs. Fielding had told me, of which 
I thought nothing at the time. 

I was grieved and disappointed for not hav- 
ing done it. The woman's husband came to 
me and asked me what his wife had been tell- 
ing me. I told him. He said that it was the 
first time that he had ever heard his wife 
speak English language; that they are Bo- 
hemians, and that the Bohemian language 
was the only language his wife could speak. 

That night I slept until 6 o'clock in the 
morning. I dressed and expected the train 
to stop in Chicago very soon. The train ar- 
rived in the Chicago station at 6 :30 o'clock. 



60 god's two witnesses and 

XL 
Arrives in Chicago. 

On my arrival at my old boarding-house in 
Chicago, I was warmly received by Mrs. Gar- 
rison, the landlady. She had reserved my old 
room for me; she said she knew that I would 
return to Chicago. 

In the afternoon I went to see Mr. John 
Harper, my employer. He wanted me to be- 
gin work the next day, but I preferred not 
to start until Monday. 

I went to work Monday and soon realized 
that I had a good position. After I had 
worked there eight months, I had saved up 
some money and started a bank account. 

I became acquainted with several agreeable 
and well educated young woman and had 
taken a liking to one of them particularly. 
Her name was Edna Floyd. She was the 
daughter of a well-known artist. 

I met her and her parents in church every 
Sunday and so became well acquainted with 
them. One day I had been invited to their 
home. There I was introduced to her two 



THEIR SEARCH FOR A CHRIST 61 

Dlder brothers and two younger sisters. I 
saw that their home was full of happiness 
md sunshine, and I visited them whenever 
[ had a chance. When I had known Edna 
six months, I desired to make her my wife. 
[ could well afford to get married. One day 
it noontime, when I had gone out to a res- 
:aurant to eat my dinner, I happened to meet 
in old friend of mine, with whom I had studied 
dentistry in the dental college two years ago. 
He had quited destistry and was working as a 
:elegraph operator for a broker. He was sat- 
sfied with his position ; told me that he was 
ioing well. 

At that time the Japanese-Russian war had 
Degun. He informed me that he had bought 
i hundred thousand bushels of wheat on mar- 
gins, on which he expected to make at least 
JS10,000. He insisted that I should buy about 
L0,000 bushels; that there was no chance to 
ose. He explained it to me in such a way 
hat I went to my bank and drew $500 and 
)ought 10,000 bushels of wheat on a 5-cent 
nargin. The price of wheat kept on going 
ipward and I made $2,300 when I closed out. 
rhe wheat still kept advancing in price, but 
[ was satisfied with what I had made on that 
ieal. 



62 GOD'S TWO WITNESSES AND 

Edna Floyd's birthday was near, and I 
wanted to make her a present of a diamond 
ring. Sunday before her birthday I had 
taken Edna and her younger sister to an 
amusement. After the show we had supper 
and then started on our way home. When 
we arrived at their residence, we had gone in 
the garden and sat on a bench and conversed 
about the show. Edna reminded me of her 
birthday. I assured her that I would be at 
her home on that evening. The next day, 
when I went home from the office, I stopped 
at a jeweler's and selected a fine diamond 
ring, which I wanted to present to Edna. 

Tuesday was rather a long day; the time 
was passing slowly. At 4 o'clock I left the 
office. Seven o'clock that evening I was 
ready to go to the Floyd home. 

As I arose from my chair and started for 
the door I heard a voice calling me by name. 
I closed the door, stepped back in my room 
and listened. Soon I heard the voice again. 
This time it said plainly: "J ose P n > I am sent 
to warn you not to propose marriage to that 
Edna Floyd. Can you not remember that 
Mrs. Fielding, the prophetess, has forbidden 
you to do so, and told you that you must not 
marry that girl, because she had burned a 



THEIR SEARCH FOR A CHRIST 63 

Bible? If you marry her, she would die in 
a short time and that her death would cause 
you very much trouble. So do not propose to 
her nor marry her." 

I recollected that Mrs. Fielding had told 
me concerning- this girl, that I should not 
marry her. Also, the last words came to 
my mind that Mrs. Fielding had spoken: 
"You will die in prison !" 

As all these thoughts flashed through my 
mind I did not know what to do. When a 
half hour had passed, I concluded to go. I 
could not disappoint her on that important 
day. 

When I had reached the Floyd home, I 
found many young men and women assembled 
there. Everybody seemed to be waiting for 
some one. 

After excusing myself for being late, I con- 
gratulated Miss Floyd, and presented her the 
ring as a token of friendship. 

When I left I pressed my last kiss on Miss 
Floyd's lips. I was glad that it was over, 
as my mind was filled with strange and in- 
expressible mysteries. 

Next morning I went to work as usual. As 
my intention was to obey that which I had 
been commanded to do, I came to the con- 



64 god's two witnesses and 

elusion to leave the city. That day I informed 
Mr. Harper that I was going as soon as he 
could find another man to take my place. I 
stayed in Chicago until Saturday, and then 
went to St. Louis, as I had an uncle there. 
I had told no one where I was going. I 
knew that it was unkind, but it was God's 
will. 



THEIR SEARCH FOR A CHRIST 65 

XII. 
Joseph Goes to St. Louis. 

Saturday morning I left for St. Louis. 

While my train was standing in the station 
at Chicago, the sky turned black and it began 
to rain very hard. Flashes of lightning were 
flying in all directions. It thundered fiercely. 
I recalled what Mrs. Fielding had told me — 
that I would leave Chicago and go to St. 
Louis, and that it would be raining, lightning 
and thundering the day when the train would 
leave Chicago. This surprised me. I was 
wondering why I had not thought of it sooner. 

When I arrived at St. Louis, as I left the 
train, I heard the same voice calling me that 
had spoken to me in my room in Chicago. It 
said : "J ose P n ,, this is the place where you 
will find the blind man. He is standing in 
front of the station. He is hungry. Take 
him to a restaurant and buy him something 
to eat. Then bring him back, and, before you 
leave him, give him a few dollars. Then look 
for two more beggars, and treat them like- 
wise." 



66 god's two witnesses and 

At that time I was standing among many 
people who were also coming from the train. 
I looked at those next to me, to see if they 
heard the strange voice. I saw that they had 
not. When I had come to the front entrance 
of the station, I turned to my right-hand 
side, and was greatly surprised when I saw 
a blind colored man standing there. I talked 
with him. He told me that he was hungry 
and would be very glad if I would get him 
something to eat. I asked him to go with 
me to a restaurant. When we ate our break- 
fast, he told me how he came to lose his eye- 
sight and I recalled that Mrs. Fielding had 
told me the same story one year ago. 

I took the blind man to the station where I 
had found him, gave him several dollars and 
left, with the hope of finding two more beg- 
gars soon. 

After having walked one hour and a half, I 
found the second beggar, but he was not hun- 
gry, nor was he blind. I gave him several dol- 
lars and talked to him kindly. Then I hurried 
to find the third beggar, but I had to walk 
until 2 o'clock in the afternoon, when I found 
an aged and feeble woman who was begging. 
I talked with her and gave her several dollars. 



THEIR SEARCH FOR A CHRIST 67 

Then I sought my uncle's home, which I 
found without difficulty. 

Uncle John, who was my father's brother, 
and whose name was John Carrol, was very 
glad to see me. So was my aunt. But they 
were surprised that I had come without hav- 
ing written to them. 

When I told them I had come to stay, that 
it was my intention to practice my profession 
there, they were happy. They had no chil- 
dren, and were in good financial circum- 
stances. Uncle John had a shoe store, where 
he employed two clerks and spent much of 
his time. The business was prosperous. But 
he was getting old, nearly seventy. He was 
very religious, as most people are when they 
reach that age. Aunt Marie was also a great 
worker for the Congregational Church, of 
which both were members. 

The next morning when I was dressed and 
ready for breakfast, I heard the voice call me 
again, saying: "Joseph, I come to remind you 
that this is the day when you must walk 
through this city and give alms to every beg- 
gar you meet, and show kindness to all of 
them. Do this until you will be informed 
when to stop." 

After breakfast Uncle John was ready to 



68 god's two witnesses and 

go to his place of business and asked me to 
go with him. I excused myself, telling him 
I had several things to attend to in the morn- 
ing and would come to his store in the after- 
noon. At 8 o'clock I had left the house and 
began to walk the streets. I looked for beg- 
gars and gave alms and spoke kind words 
to every one I met. 

At 3 o'clock in the afternoon I went to my 
uncle's store and waited for him until he was 
ready to go home. 

That evening after supper Uncle John 
asked me how I had passed the day. I wanted 
to tell him the truth, but had spoken only a 
few words, when I was seized with terrible 
pain, which lasted only a few seconds. As it 
left me, I heard the voice, saying: "J ose P n > 
have you forgotten that you must not speak 
one word to any one about those things that 
Mrs. Fielding, the prophetess, has given you 
to fulfill? If you do speak of it, such pains 
as you have experienced will torture you all 
your life." 

When the voice had spoken, I recollected 
that Mrs. Fielding had forbidden me to speak 
about her commands. 

- Aunt Marie began speaking about churches 
and asking me if I belonged to one in Chicago. 



THEIR SEARCH FOR A CHRIST 69 

I informed her that I had not been a member 
of a church, but that I had attended church 
services nearly every Sunday while in Chi- 
cago, and that I would become a member of 
one in St. Louis if I stayed there long enough. 

My aunt told me that the church of which 
she and Uncle John were members I would 
undoubtedly like. She also told me that they 
had a new preacher, a young man about my 
age, who had preached his first sermon on 
Sunday, the day on which I arrived in St. 
Louis. 

I promised them that I would go to church 
with them on the following Sunday. They 
were happy to hear me make this promise. 

The next day I walked the streets, looking 
for beggars, and did as I had done the day be- 
fore ; and I kept doing this the rest of the 
week. 

Sunday we all went to church, where I was 
introduced by Uncle John to several of his 
friends and to many members. 

When the preacher arrived I saw that he 
was a young man, and I judged him to be 
about twenty-seven years old. He was 5 feet 8 
inches tall, had blond hair and wore a mus- 
tache. 

His sermon was about the Holy Ghost. I 



70 god's two witnesses and 

had heard this sermon many times before, 
but the effect had never been so impressive 
as this time. 

When church was over Uncle John intro- 
duced me to the preacher, whose name was 
W. Voudel. I told him that I was a stranger 
in St. Louis. He gave me his card and invited 
me to come to his home Monday, if I had 
nothing else to do, and said that if the weather 
was suitable, we would go to the park in the 
afternoon. 

I promised him that I would come. Mon- 
day morning I arose early, had my breakfast 
and walked through the streets, meeting and 
aiding beggars as I had done the previous 
week. 

It was 2 o'clock in the afternoon when I 
reached the Rev. W. Voudel's home. He re- 
ceived me warmly and expressed his appreci- 
ation that I had kept my word. He was busy 
writing invitations to the members of his con- 
gregation for a party to be given a week 
later at the church. In a half hour he was 
ready to go to the park. But before we left 
his sister came home and he introduced me to 
her. She was a handsome young woman. 
She was engaged in missionary work. On the 
way to the park the Rev. Mr. Voudel expressed 



THEIR SEARCH FOR A CHRIST 71 

a desire to introduce me to a friend of his, 
who was also a preacher of a Congregational 
church. When we had come to his friend's 
house, the Rev. Mr. Voudel rang the bell, 
and his friend opened the door for us, and was 
very glad to see us. The Rev. Mr. Voudel 
introduced me to his friend, whose name was 
Carton Shafer. He had two sons, one nine 
years old and the other twelve. He told us 
that he had been reading a religious period- 
ical for the last two hours. 

As we saw that he had nothing important 
to do, we invited him to go with us to the 
park. He accepted our invitation and brought 
his two sons along. 

On the way the Rev. Mr. Shafer questioned 
me a great deal. He wanted to know all 
about me. 

While the two preachers sat on a bench, I 
played ball with the two boys. 

When I came back to my two friends, I 
found them in a deep conversation. Their 
subject was among whom is there more real 
love for Christ, among the rich, or among the 
poor. The Rev. Mr. Voudel said that if Jesus 
Christ should come on this earth, he would 
be welcome in the house of a poor man, but 
the rich man would throw him out if he did 



72 god's two witnesses and 

not have diamonds on his fingers, and his 
pockets filled with gold; that the poor man 
would divide his last toil-earned dollar with 
Christ. 

The Rev. Mr. Shafer could not see it that 
way ; he was on the side of the rich man. He 
said that if God wanted to help the poor, he 
has the power to do so ; that a man is poor 
because God wanted him to be so. 

This statement aroused the Rev. Mr. Vou- 
del, and he answered: 

"Friend, you are blinded by the luster of 
gold. One once said, Tf the blind lead the 
blind, they both will fall into a pit/ Pray 
to God so that you may not be lead into 
temptation." 

It was 5 :30 o'clock when we parted with 
the Rev. Mr. Shafer in front of his residence. 

The Rev. Mr. Voudel insisted that I must 
take supper with him. I could not refuse his 
cordial invitation and spent a pleasant even- 
ing at his house. I found the Rev. Mr. Vou- 
del a very good-hearted man. His friendship 
had impressed me very much. As I had never 
before associated with preachers and teachers 
of the Gospel, I thought it was their way. 



THEIR SEARCH FOR A CHRIST 73 

XIII. 

Joseph Goes to the Hill. 

In the afternoon next day I was sitting in 
the parlor, looking over the Sunday paper, 
when suddenly I heard the voice saying: 
"Joseph, I come to remind you that the time 
has come when you must go to the hill which 
you see over yonder, and there pray from 8 
o'clock in the evening until 12 o'clock ; for 
you committed a great sin when you refused 
to kneel before the Holy Ghost. That sin 
will be forgiven if you fulfill all her command- 
ments. If you fail to fulfill one of them, 
you will never rest from the torment of evil 
spirits. While you will be praying on that 
hill, you can pray for all your friends whom 
you wish to see healthy, happy and success- 
ful in their undertakings. From this day on 
you must at all times speak the truth, not 
drink intoxicating liquors, nor smoke or chew 
tobacco. You also must go and visit prison- 
ers and do for them whatever they will ask 
of you, and do that until you will be informed 
when to stop." 



74 god's two witnesses and 

This message astonished me exceedingly. 
I decided to fulfill all the commandments. 

At 7 :30 o'clock that evening I boarded a 
street car and rode ten miles out of the city. 
Thence I walked up to the hill on which the 
Spirit had told me to go. I read the Bible 
and prayed until 12 o'clock. 

The next day I visited beggars; at 10:30 I 
went to the prison. There I asked to be per- 
mitted to speak to prisoners that are allowed 
to have visitors. The warden was a good fel- 
low and asked me many questions as to why 
I wanted to see them. After I had told him, 
he permitted me to see four of them. These 
four had long terms to serve, and were re- 
gretting the deeds that had brought them 
there. I talked with them for a while; then 
I asked them if I could do something for them. 
These men asked for trifles only. One wanted 
chewing tobacco ; one asked me to buy him 
something to eat. I went out and bought 
those things for the four prisoners, and left 
the package with the warden. 

In the afternoon I went to see the Rev. 
Mr. Voudel, according to promise. When I 
arrived at his home, I found him very much 
changed. His voice was as that of a dying 
man; his face was very pale, and his eyes 



THEIR SEARCH FOR A CHRIST 75 

had a peculiar luster and were very red as 
if he had been weeping all morning. He was 
very glad that I had come and was soon 
ready to go to the park. On the way we 
passed the Rev. Mr. Shafer's house, but we 
did not stop, fearing that he was busy figur- 
ing money-making schemes. 



76 god's two witnesses and 

XIV. 
The Three Roses. 

When we arrived at the park I noticed three 
lovely roses hanging above the gate, and, as 
soon as I had seen them, I heard the voice 
speak to me, saying: "Joseph, have you seen 
those three roses? These are the roses about 
which Mrs. Fielding, the prophetess, spoke 
to you. If you get one of them, you will have 
more luck than you have had so far; if you 
get two, it will be still better; but if you 
get all three, all your wishes will be fulfilled; 
you will be greater than the great King Solo- 
mon." 

The Rev. Mr. Voudel was speaking to me 
at that same time, but I had not understood 
one word he said, as I had been listening 
to the voice. I decided to get those roses in 
the night when no one was looking. I also 
recalled that Mrs. Fielding had told me about 
them. The Rev. Mr. Voudel and I walked 
toward the bench on which we had been seat- 
ed a week ago. The Rev. Mr. Voudel aston- 
ished me when he said that he had come to 



THEIR SEARCH FOR A CHRIST 77 

St. Louis on account of me; that be had a 
much better position where he had been than 
he had now; but that he had given it up 
cheerfully, and was very glad that he had 
met me. 

I asked how it was possible that we had 
not known each other until a week ago. He 
told me to stop and think and see if I was able 
to recall what the prophetess had told me 
about him. As I was unable to recall it, he 
reminded me that Mrs. Fielding, God's wit- 
ness, had told me that I would meet another 
prophet, who would give me another chance 
to do that before him what I had not done 
before her; that he was the other prophet; 
that if I would do before him what Mrs. 
Fielding wanted me to do before her, my first- 
born son would become the Reformer of the 
World, or the Second Christ. 

I was unable to recall what it was that Mrs. 
Fielding wanted me to do before her. The 
Rev. Mr. Voudel then said : "So you again 
refuse to do it." He was very angry. He 
said: "Joseph, you are an unfortunate man. 
You had been better off if you had not been 
born. You will have to work hard all your 
life, and your last days you will spend in 
prison." 



78 god's two witnesses and 

As soon as he had spoken these words, he 
arose and started away. Then I recalled that 
he wanted me to kneel before him, but it was 
too late. I deeply regretted my last chance 
was gone. The last words that the Rev. Mr. 
Voudel spoke to me affected me very much. 
I was sorry to see him so angry. 

When he was about two hundred feet away 
from me, I called to him to wait for me, 
and he waited. I wanted to beg his pardon 
and tell him that I had forgotten what Mrs. 
Fielding had told me to do. When I came 
to him, he was pointing with his finger to 
some beautiful flowers and said: "J os epn, just 
look at them. Are they not beautiful?" I 
answered him, saying that they were very 
beautiful flowers. As soon as I had spoken 
these words, some power made me forget all 
that he had told me on the bench. 

We walked around in the park until 4:30 
o'clock, and then started on our way home. 
He wanted me to go with him to his house 
and have supper there, but as I knew that I 
must be on the hill praying at 8 o'clock, I 
had to refuse his invitation. 

At 7 o'clock that evening I went out to the 
hill and there prayed four hours. It was 
12 :45 when I arrived home, and had retired. 



THEIR SEARCH FOR A CHRIST 79 

Somehow I could not sleep. I felt as if I had 
forgotten to do something. I knew that I had 
visited the beggars, and that I had been to see 
the prisoners; had also visited the Rev. Mr. 
Voudel, and had also been on the hill. Sud- 
denly I recalled that I had forgotten to get 
those three roses. It was rather late to gr 
for them, but as I was afraid that some one 
else might get them, I arose, dressed quickly, 
and hurried out to the park. When I had ar- 
rived at the gate, I looked carefully about to 
see if any one was watching me. When I 
satisfied myself that there was no one near, 
I cut one of the roses with my pocket knife. 
I was very careful as I knew that if I dropped 
one of them all my work would amount to 
nothing. I succeeded in getting the first rose, 
and, with the utmost care, succeeded in get- 
ting the second. I put both of them in my 
pocket. Very, very carefully, I reached for 
the third, but, as I stretched forth my hand 
and tried to get a hold of the rose, it fell to 
the ground before I had touched it. It fell 
so mysteriously slowly as if held by an un- 
seen hand. When it landed on the ground, I 
heard thousands of voices scolding me, saying 
that I had to go and steal and could not be 
satisfied with one or two; that I wanted to 



80 god's two witnesses and 

steal them all. It seemed to me as if Heaven 
and earth was on fire, or I had lost my mind. 

I pulled the two roses out of my pocket, 
threw them where the third one was lying, 
and started on my way home, where I arrived 
at 3 o'clock in the morning. I was very tired 
and disappointed and would not have gone 
after other roses if some one would have 
promised me the world. 

When I had spent five months at this work, 
I received a letter from my brother, who had 
found out from my uncle that I was there. 
He wrote me that he intended to come to St. 
Louis some day that week. 

I had requested my uncle and aunt not to 
tell my parents nor my brother that I was 
there; and when I learned in the letter that 
my uncle had told them all about me, it dis- 
appointed me very much. I did not want my 
parents to know about me as long as I had to 
fulfill the commandments. For I knew that 
if they found out what kind of foolish com- 
mandments I had to obey, they would worry, 
and I did not want them to worry about me. 



THEIR SEARCH FOR A CHRIST 81 

XV. 
Joseph's Brother Visits Him. 

Saturday afternoon, when I came home from 
my every-day beggar-search, I found my 
brother at the house. I had seen him last 
two years ago. He had gained in height and 
weight. He asked me many questions that 
I could not answer. 

My aunt had told my brother many things, 
out of which I saw that they had formed a 
wrong opinion of me. My brother informed 
me that Uncle John had written to my parents. 
He had complained that I had been there four 
months and had not worked nor did I look" 
for work; and that I was staying out late at 
night. 

This was sad news for me, and I regretted 
that I had not gone to the home of a stranger. 
Yet I could not blame my uncle for having 
written to my parents, as I myself realized 
that my actions had been very strange from 
the first day I had come, and that I did not 
give him any explanation of them, for I had 
been commanded by the Spirit not to speak 
about my strange experience to any one. 



82 god's two witnesses and 

The Spirit had also forbidden me to tell a 
lie. So that when my uncle or my aunt asked 
me where I stayed at night and what I was 
doing in the daytime, I had no answer for 
them. 

That afternoon I took my brother through 
the city and showed him many places which 
he wanted to see, and then we went to my 
uncle's place of business. Uncle John was 
very glad to see my brother and inquired 
after old friends back home. My brother had 
only happy news for him, as nearly all of 
uncle's friends were alive and happy. 

One of our friends whom my brother men- 
tioned as having passed away was Frank Cra- 
mer. My brother said that he had commit- 
ted suicide by taking poison. 

In the evening I began to wonder how I 
was to leave my brother and go to the hill. 
I went up to my room ; my brother followed 
soon after. The clock struck eight; it was the 
time I should be on the hill praying. That 
very moment I heard the voice saying: "Jo- 
seph, why have you not gone to the hill? Do 
you think that you can fool God?" 

I was seized with pains and felt that 
I could not endure it. I writhed in agony on 
the floor. 



THEIR SEARCH FOR A CHRIST 83 

I prayed to God to forgive me, and promised 
that I would go to the hill at once, and every 
night promptly. When I had prayed about 
ten minutes I was relieved of the pain. 

As I arose from the floor I saw that my 
brother was laughing. He asked me what 
kind of an acrobatic stunt I had been doing. 
Then the mysterious power seized and tor- 
tured him worse than it did me. I told him 
to pray to God for forgivenness. He prayed 
like a child and the pain left him. 

When I was ready to go to the hill my 
brother insisted on going with me, and I took 
him along. On the hill I prayed; when my 
brother heard me pray he prayed also. We 
had stayed on that hill until 1 o'clock. 

When we reached home my brother wanted 
to know why I had gone to that hill to pray, 
and why he had been tortured with. pain. I 
told him not to ask me; that I would tell him 
all about it some day. 

Next morning I got ready for my usual 
morning walk, looking for beggars and poor 
people and giving them alms. As my brother 
wanted to go with me I took him along. I 
knew that he would not laugh at me as he did 
last night. ,We met more beggars that morn- 
ing than I had in a long time. The giving of 



84 god's two witnesses and 

money to beggars evidently surprised my 
brother, but he did not dare to ask one word. 

In the afternoon I took my brother to the 
Rev. Mr. Voudel's home. I introduced him 
to the minister and to his sister. When we 
had been there about an hour, the Rev. Mr. 
Shafer came. 

My brother stayed with me two weeks. Dur- 
ing that time he got well acquainted with the 
Rev. Mr. Voudel and the Rev. Mr. Shafer. 



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XVI. 

The Three Rabbits. 

I kept on going to the hill, until one night 
in the beginning of December, when I was 
there, shivering with cold, the voice informed 
me that I need not come any more ; that the 
one commandment was fulfilled; that every- 
thing would come to pass as Mrs. Fielding, the 
prophetess, had told me, and that before I 
would leave the hill three rabbits would come 
and look at me; that the three rabbits were 
evil spirits; that on the night I failed to come 
to the hill one of them had been torturing me. 

The voice assured me that I need not be 
afraid of them, that they could not harm me. 

I did not pray any longer, and was watching 
for three rabbits to come. When it was five 
minutes to twelve I thought that they would 
not come, but of a sudden I heard a noise just 
as if some one was dragging a heavy chain. I 
looked in the direction where that noise came 
from. It seemed to me as if it was coming 
from beneath a small bush nearby. The noise 
stopped ; from beneath the bush came one rab- 



86 god's two witnesses and 

bit. He was three times as large as the ordi- 
nary rabbit. He came toward me, and as I 
was lying in the grass, the rabbit came right 
in front of me, and stood on his hind legs and 
looked straight at me again. The second rab- 
bit came in the same way as the first, but went 
and stood back of me, and the third one stood 
above my head. Not one of them moved in 
the least; they stood there like statues. I had 
a good view of the one in front of me. I no- 
ticed his eyes in particular; they were like two 
burning coals of fire. The rabbits kept their 
position for about ten minutes; then they dis- 
appeared. 

I started for home in a very happy mood be- 
cause I did not have to go there any more. 

The next night, when I stayed at home, 
uncle and aunt were surprised and asked me 
what had happened that I should remain at 
home once in eight months. I informed them 
that I was through with traveling in the night ; 
that in the future I would pass the evenings 
with them by the fireside. 

That made them both happy, as they saw 
that I had not gone to the bad entirely, as they 
feared. 



THEIR SEARCH FOR A CHRIST 87 

XVII. 

The Preacher Prophet. 

The next Monday I was very busy. In the 
morning I walked the streets and searched for 
beggars, and in the afternoon I had gone to see 
the prisoners. It was late when I came home 
that evening. 

Miss Voudel had come to visit us ; she had not 
been at our house for months. We were glad 
to see her, and greeted her cordially. She looked 
worried and we could tell by her voice that 
something was w r rong with her. 

At ten o'clock I escorted her to the street car. 
On the way, she asked me if I had had any 
strange experience with her brother, or if her 
brother had ever prophesied to me. I knew that 
Miss Voudel wanted to know, but I could not 
tell her anything as it had been forbidden me. 
Miss Voudel said that one month ago her brother 
had told her that he was a prophet, that he spoke 
in all languages ; that he could give her the gift 
of tongues if she desired it ; that she told him she 
would be very glad to have the gift ; that he asked 
her to kneel before him and she would then have 



88 god's two witnesses and 

the gift. He said to her that she would not 
kneel before him, only before the Holy Ghost 
who speaks through one of God's two witnesses. 
She said that she thought her brother was only 
fooling her and that he could not give her power 
of languages ; that she did not kneel before him ; 
that her brother told her she had committed an 
unforgivable sin ; that he had commanded her to 
do many things; that if she failed to fulfill one 
of them she would be tormented for ever and 
ever. 

She told me that the day was one of the days 
when she was supposed to fulfill what her brother 
had commanded her to do, but that she had not 
done it, and had suffered torturing pain all day. 

I asked her why she had not done what her 
brother commanded. She said it would have hurt 
her pecuniarily. I asked her if it was not better 
to be hurt pecuniarily than spiritually. She ad- 
mitted that it was, but she could not see why 
God would give so great a power to her brother 
with which to torment her; that she was a 
missionary and was teaching the word of God as 
well as her brother. 

This was more than I could explain to her. 
I advised her to do everything that her brother 
had commanded, as long as she would not have 
to harm anvbodv- 



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THEIR SEARCH FOR A CHRIST 89 

She asked me if I believed that her brother was 
a prophet. 

I answered her that I would believe that he 
was a prophet if he would prophesy to me, as 
Christ has said, that those who will follow Him 
will be able to do greater wonders than He did. 

Miss Voudel said her brother was following 
Christ, and was as good a man as a man can be ; 
that as long as he had been a clergyman he had 
always had a good salary, but had nothing left 
from it; that he gave most of his money to the 
poor, and was willing to give the coat off his 
back to a man in need. 

I asked her what it was that was keeping her 
from accepting her brother for a prophet. I 
pointed out to her that if God wanted to chose 
a prophet, He would select one with a mind 
and a heart like those of her brother. I advised 
her to do all that he had ordered her to do ; and 
that, if she should be tortured again as she had 
been she should go to her brother and ask him to 
help her. She promised me that she would. I 
then asked her if her brother had not forbidden 
her to speak about it. She said he had not. 

I told her not to speak about it to anybody as I 
thought that the majority of people would not 
believe her, as it was too mysterious to be be- 
lieved in the twentieth century. 



90 god's two witnesses and 

XVIII. 
Joseph Runs Out of Money. 

When I had been visiting the beggars and the 
prisoners nearly a year, I was getting short of 
money. One Monday afternoon I was ready to 
go and visit the prisoners, but found that I had 
not enough money. I did not know what to do. 
Finally, I decided to go to the Rev. Mr. Voudel 
and to borrow money from him. 

When I was ready to go, the voice commanded 
me not to go to the minister, who was just as 
poor as I was. The voice told me to sell the 
things that I did not need ; that one suit of clothes 
was enough for me; that I should sell the other 
three suits; that it would not be very cold any- 
how, and that I could sell my overcoat; that 
these sales would give me enough money to fulfill 
my commandments. 

I sold my clothes for $28.99. I hurried to the 
prison. When I was entering, the voice tol 
me that it was my last visit, that I had fulfilled 
that commandment, and need no longer come 
there, unless I came voluntarily. 

I talked to the prisoners for a while, and in- 
formed them that it was my last visit; that I 



THEIR SEARCH FOR A CHRIST 91 

was going to leave the city. One of the prison- 
ers told me that he was making a small horse- 
shoe for me as a token, but that it would not be 
finished for a day or two ; that he would leave 
it with the jailer for me to call for. I asked him 
not to hurry it, saying that I would call for it 
the next Monday. I asked the prisoners as 
usual what I could do for them. They asked 
for the same thing every time — food. At a 
nearby restaurant I ordered a dinner for six 
to be put in a basket and left with the jailer, 
to be given to the prisoners. 

The only thing that I- now had to do was 
to visit the beggars. Thursday of that same week 
I had given away all my money and went home 
"broke." As I had to borrow money from some 
one, I chose Uncle John. When he had come 
home in the evening and had eaten his supper, 
I put the matter before him. I told him how 
much I would appreciate it if he would lend me 
fifty dollars. He went to his safe and brought 
me the money. When he was handing it to me, 
he said : "Joseph, this it not a loan ; it is a gift. 
But if you should need more, do not come to 
me ; for if you do, you will not get it." 

He advised me to go to work. He mentioned 
several positions which he had open for me. He 
seemed to have forgotten that I was a dentist. 



92 god's two witnesses and 

I told him that I intended to leave St. Louis. 
I thanked him for the fifty dollars. 

The next morning, when I was ready to go 
and visit the beggars, I heard the voice saying, 
that even that commandment was fulfilled; that 
I need not visit the beggars any more; that as 
long as I stayed in St. Louis, I must speak the 
truth at all times ; that I must not smoke nor 
chew tobacco, nor drink intoxicating liquors; 
that I must not speak about the prophets 
whom I had met. 

The voice also told me that I was one out of 
many thousands that could call himself fortunate, 
and that I should thank God in every prayer for 
the strength and power that He had given me to 
fulfill his commandments ; that I did not know 
how great a sin I had committed when I had 
refused to kneel before the Holy Ghost. 

That day I went to see some of the beggars 
which I thought needed help and gave them alms 
as before. 

When I arrived home I began planning to 
what city I should go. I had decided to go to 
some city where no one knew me. Finally I 
concluded that I would go to Kansas City as 
soon as possible. As I had promised the pris- 
oners that I would come to them on Monday, 



THEIR SEARCH FOR A CHRIST 93 

and I wanted to keep my word, I • could not 
leave until after Monday. 

I had to give away all my money and now had 
no friends to whom I could go for money. 

When my uncle came home that evening he 
looked worried and spoke very little. After sup- 
per I told him about my intention to leave Mon- 
day or Tuesday for Kansas City, and there start 
to practice my profession. He seemed not to 
hear what I had said. Thinking that he might 
be worried about business matters, I rose to go 
to my room, and as I passed by him he stepped 
up, grasped by hand and begged me to forgive 
him ; that he did not mean what he had said to 
me yesterdaye; that when I needed help I 
should not hesitate to ask him; that he would 
be glad to help me at all times, and that the 
words he had spoken to me yesterday had 
worried him all day. 

I told him not to let small matters of that kind 
worry him, ; that I knew he did not mean it ; that 
I knew how hard it was for people to part with 
money, but that I had parted freely with mine. 
I showed him my bank book, which proved that 
I had deposited five thousand and eight hundred 
dollars one year ago, but that I was now out of 
funds. 
The bank book made Uncle John think for a 



94 GOD'S TWO WITNESSES AND 

while. He said that when he was my age, he 
had lost most of his money in gambling houses, 
and that the experiesce which he had gained 
there had come handy many times and had 
saved him from many other games in later 
years. 

He encouraged me by telling me that before 
I had reached his age I would have my money 
back and much more. 

He asked me what I had done with my books, 
clothes and trunk, which aunt had told him I 
had shipped somewhere. 

I informed him that I had sent it to a pawnshop 
and was glad that I had, as I did not want it 
back. I did not tell him why I had pawned the 
trunk, as I feared punishment if I did. 

That night Uncle John was very kind and will- 
ing to aid and assist me. 

The next day I visited the Rev. Mr. Voudel, 
the prophet. I informed him that I intended to 
leave soon and had decided to go to Kansas City. 

He looked at me and said : "Yes, you will go 
there, Joseph; but if you could decide to stay 
here, you would be much better off. You would 
marry one of the girls out of our congregation 
and live a Christian life. Your life would never 
be troubled as it has been the last year. If you 
go to Kansas City you will have much trouble, 



THEIR SEARCH FOR A CHRIST 95 

be sick many times ; and when a year or two will 
have passed, you will regret not having followed 
my advice." 

While the Rev. Mr. Voudel was speaking, I 
knew that he was prophesying, but I did not care 
to hear it, as I had already had too much trouble 
through prophesying. He answered my thoughts, 
saying: "Joseph, I know that you do not want 
to hear any more about your future, but do not 
fear, for it will never be as bad as it has been in 
the past, and never as good as it would have been 
You have lost your greatest chance. Whatever 
you will attain in life is not worth attaining. You 
will be about as well oft' as I am, work hard all 
your life, and never have anything." 

I thought to myself : "You preachers have it 
pretty easy. If I could at all times be able to 
take life as easy as a preacher, I would not be 
so badly off after all." 

At this point, Miss Voudel came home from 
shopping. Again, he answered my thought: 
"Joseph, if you would have life as easy as I have 
it, you would never say that it is an easy life, 
but if you would wish to have life as easy as my 
sister has it, that would be better. I get up early 
in the morning and get the wood and coal for her, 
and many times she makes a messenger boy out 
of me, sends me to the grocery or to the butcher. 



96 god's two witnesses and 

She has it nice and easy.'' He asked me if I 
wanted to listen to a story that he just thought of. 
I told him I would be glad to hearit. 



THEIR SEARCH FOR A CHRIST 97 

XIX. 
The Preacher Tells a Story. 

He # began : "J ose P n > y° u have undoubtedly 
heard about burgraves and barons that existed 
in old countries in Europe, and at one time had 
great power over poor people. The burgraves 
and barons owned much land on which the poor 
people, the villagers, had to work six weeks, 
and sometimes two months, for nothing, and 
had to be glad if they did not get a beating 
from the overseers of the work. 

One of these barons lived in a certain county 
in Bohemia, where, one time, two hundred men 
were giving their six weeks' free service. These 
men became dissatisfied, rebelled against the 
baron, and decided to quit working for him, and 
made up their minds to rob his castle. Three, 
o'clock in the morning was the appointed time at 
which they wanted to start out. When that 'time 
had come, all the men gathered and swarmed 
toward the castle. The noise they made in ap- 
proaching the castle awakened the baron's watch- 
man. When he saw what was coming, he hur- 
ried to tell the baron, who, when he saw the 



98 god's two witnesses and 

swarm of men coming, realized that he could not 
conquer them. He awakened his family and they 
fled on horseback with a few trustry servants, 
to a neighboring town, where they informed 
the police of what was going on in their castle. 

"As soon as the police were informed, they 
hurried out to the castle on horseback. When 
they arrived, the villagers were there no longer, 
having stolen all they could and left. 

"All the police could do was to guard the castle 
and wait until the baron returned. When the 
robbers had arrived in their villages, they were 
making a great noise. As they were passing John 
Henry's house, John Henry, stepped out and 
looked at them with great surprise. He had not 
been informed about the robbers, and did not 
know where his friends were coming from with 
all that choice booty — paintings, guns, clocks 
and mirrors. He stepped up to one of the men 
carrying a fancy clock, and asked him where 
he got it. The man was very much astonished 
when he saw that his friend, John Henry, had 
not been informed about the robbery, and had 
not joined the rebels. He gave him all the 
necessary information, and advised him to 
hurry to the castle, as there were still many 
things left. 

"Before the two men parted, John Henry's 



THEIR SEARCH FOR A CHRIST 99 

wife saw the beautiful clock. She asked her hus- 
band where the man got that fine clock. When 
he told her, she became excited and urged him to 
hurry and get one for her. He, of course, wanted 
to show his wife that he was a man of nerve and 
courage, and hurried to the castle. When he ar- 
rived there, he was captured by the police who 
were still awaiting for the baron to return and 
give them further orders. They questioned him, 
and, as John Henry was an honest man, he told 
them the truth, that all his friends had been out 
there and had stolen something, and that he had 
come for the same purpose. 

"When John Henry had declared his intention 
to steal, the officer in charge of the police 
ordered his men to give John Henry thirty- 
five lashes on his back and sent him home. 

"John Henry's wife was eagerly awaiting his 
coming, expecting that he would bring as fine a 
clock as the other man had. When she had gone 
the tenth time to meet him, she saw her husband 
coming down the hill, and she called to him: 
'John, are you bringing a clock!' and he angrily 
answered : Thirty-five, and they are heavy.' " 

The Rev. Mr. Voudel then said : "Joseph, you 
will read this story in Kansas City in a weekly 
periodical about three years from today.'' 

Miss Voudel interrupted him by speaking to 



100 god's two witnesses and 

me. She told me not to listen to her brother too 
long; that if I did, he would warp my mind, and 
I would not know whether I was in Heaven or 
on earth. 

I asked the Rev. Mr. Voudel if he was a 
prophet, and he answered : "Yes, one of two, and 
you have met them both. If you don't believe it, 
nobody ever will, for you are the only man who 
has met us both. I know that you are puzzled, 
and would like to know how God has chosen me. 
I have never told it to any person, but I will tell 
it to you." 



THEIR SEARCH FOR A CHRIST 101 

XX. 

How the Preacher Became a Prophet. 

"The way was strange and mysterious, but it 
is the truth. I have told you already that I was 
born in Minnesota. My parents were farmers 
and all of us worked on the farm. My parents, 
brothers, and sisters were very religious, but I 
was an atheist. One Sunday, my parents, broth- 
ers and sisters had gone to church and I stayed 
at home as usual. When they came home I 
laughed at them, telling them how foolish they 
were for spending a lot of time in the church, 
when there was work, enough for all of us at 
home. I asked them how on earth a person with 
a sane mind could believe the things the Bible 
tells, and I told them that Sunday, as I had told 
them many times before, that there was no such 
a thing as a God. My mother wept bitter tears. 
I was the youngest of the family and yet an 
atheist. My mother told me that her only wish 
was to see me become a Christian. I told her that 
I would become a Christian and would believe 
in God if I got a sign which would satisfy my 
mind that there was a God. My mother and I 
were by ourselves in the room. I had chosen the 



102 god's two witnesses and 

sign which was to decide my faith. I told my 
mother that it had not rained for many weeks 
and that all the farmers were praying for rain ;. 
that if it would rain tomorrow afternoon at three 
o'clock sharp, I would become a Christian and 
live a life as close to Christ as possible, forever ; 
but if it did not rain, I would never believe in 
God or anything else connected with Him. 

"My mother begged me to stop talking, and 
prayed to God to have mercy on my soul. She 
knew that I spoke the truth and had expressed 
my opinion truthfully and meant what I had said. 
I had positively decided that the sign of rain 
should decide my faith. 

"The next day was a very beautiful one. We 
all were busy in the fields. At noon, we had gone 
home for our dinner. In the afternoon, I stayed 
home as I wanted to see if I would get the sign 
or not. One o'clock in the afternoon the sun was 
shining and there was no sign whatever of rain. 
Two-thirty o'clock, and no sign of rain. It 
seemed as if it was impossible to rain that day. 
My mother knew what I was waiting for; she 
went to a small room and prayed. I could hear 
her. I was walking from one window to the 
other, looking at the sky to see if it would rain. 

"When it was fifteen minutes to three, a few 
blaGk clouds gathered ; five minutes to three, a 



THEIR SEARCH FOR A CHRIST 103 

storm had arisen and the sky was as black as ink. 
I expected to see it rain most any moment. I 
turned to the clock to see what time it was — it 
was three o'clock. At that very moment, a flash 
of lightning zigzagged the sky, and a crash of 
thunder followed, and it began to rain, and rained 
very hard. 

"I had received the sign, and saw how big a 
sinner I was. I kneeled before the crucifix and 
prayed and promised God that I would live a 
Christian life forever. When I had spoken those 
words, I heard a voice ; it was God's voice, and 
He had chosen me for one of His witnesses, and 
He speaks to me ever since that day. What God 
had told me that day, I can not tell you. I must 
keep that sacred as long as I live. 

"After that miracle I began to live a Christian 
life. I have lived as Christ did when he was on 
earth. It may seem strange to you, but it has 
been just as I have told you. You have suffered 
for having sinned, for refusing to kneel before 
the prophetess whom you had met in your home. 
If you had knelt before her, everything that she 
told you would have come true ; and if you had 
knelt before me, your son would have been the 
Reformer of the World or the Second Christ. 
But you were afraid of the death that you would 
have to die, and you did not do it. God has tried 



104 god's two witnesses and 

you and you have failed. You will be happy some 
day for having fulfilled all those commandments. 
Many men had been approached by the prophetess 
before you. None of them did what they were 
asked, nor did they obey their commandments. 
Most of them were tortured to death by the evil 
spirits that also tortured you. As you are the last 
man who has been approached by the prophetess, 
and asked to offer your life to that cause, I permit 
you to tell your experience to others if you want 
to. None of the other men will ever dare to say 
one word. The world will not be reformed that 
way — it will be in a way that nobody will know." 
Miss Voudel then entered the room and began 
telling us some news which she had read in the 
newspaper, and this closed the interview. 



THEIR SEARCH FOR A CHRIST 105 

XXI. 
Joseph Tells a Lie. 

The next day, Saturday, in the afternoon, I 
went to see the Rev. Mr. Shafer, to say good-bye 
to him. I did not like him very well, as he was 
too fond of money. Like too many other clergy- 
men, the dollar was his God, and he stuck up 
for it at all times. My sympathies were with 
the poor, and I decided to be one of them forever. 

When I arrived at his home I was received in 
a friendly manner. His house was filled with 
children, to whom Mrs. Shafer was giving a 
party. We were seated in the study, and con- 
versed about a half hour. I informed him that 
the object of my visit was to say good-bye to 
him, as I intended to leave the following Monday. 
He was sorry to see me leave, asked me if I 
could not find a position in St. Louis. He said 
if that was the cause of my going that he would 
find one for me. He asked about my brother, how 
he was getting along and if I had heard from him 
since he left. I told him that I had received a 
letter from my brother the day before; that he 
was well and getting along finely; and that, if 
he had not asked concerning my brother, I would 



106 god's two witnesses and 

have forgotten to mention that my brother had 
sent his best wishes to him. 

The Rev. Mr. Shafer thanked me ; he was very 
glad to hear it. But I had not spoken the truth, 
as I had received no letter from my brother. 

That was the first lie I had spoken in one year, 
and that happened accidentally. I then recalled 
that the voice had forbidden me to lie. I feared 
nothing, as I thought that all would be well. 

I bade Mr. and Mrs. Shafer good-bye and 
started on my way home. As soon as I was in 
front of the house and started to walk toward 
the street, the voice spoke to me: "Joseph, you 
have not obeyed one of the commandments. You 
have lied to the Rev. Mr. Shafer. Return, con- 
fess to him, and ask him to forgive you." 

I did not want to do that, and kept on walking. 
I had not gone very far when I was seized with 
violent pains, and realized that there was nothing 
left for me but to return, and to confess. I went 
back to the house and confessed to the Rev. Mr. 
Shafer that I had told him a lie, that I had 
received no letter from my brother, and I asked 
him to forgive me, which he did. He looked at 
me with wide open eyes. What his thoughts 
were, I do not know. I was very much ashamed 
for having lied to him, but was glad that he had 
forgiven me and that the pain had left me. 



THEIR SEARCH FOR A CHRIST 107 

I again bade him farewell then hurried from 
the house. 

The next day, Sunday, all of us went to church 
and listened to the Rev. Mr. Voudel's sermon — 
the text was : "My kingdom is not of this earth." 
The effect was inconceivable. The whole church 
resounded with the mingled groans, sobs and 
shrieks of the congregation. It was the best 
sermon I had heard. 

When the minister had finished his sermon, 
uncle and aunt went home and I waited for the 
Rev. Mr. Voudel, as I wanted to tell him that I 
would leave Monday. 

When the minister came, and I had informed 
him, he said that he would come to our house and 
go with me to the train. 

In the afternoon I visited some friends and 
informed them about my departing. I would not 
have been able to see them Monday as the 
majority would be at work. 

Monday I visited the prisoners, one of whom, 
who had promised me the horseshoe, had it ready 
for me, and presented it to me as a token of 
friendship. The horseshoe was a very beautiful 
piece of work, and I appreciated it very much. 
Before I departed, I asked the prisoners what I 
could get for them, their request was the same 
as always — something to eat. 



108 god's two witnesses and 

I informed them that it was my last visit, as 
I was about to leave the city. But if ever I did 
come back to St. Louis I would visit them. 

I shook hands with them and then departed. 
I went to the restaurant where I usually ordered 
their meals, and had the meals for the prisoners 
sent to the prison. Then I bought my railroad 
ticket. On my way home the voice spoke to me : 
"Whosoever has that horseshoe will have luck. 
You must not keep it. You must give it to 
some good friend whom you wish to see happy 
and successful in all his honorable undertakings." 
I decided I would do so whenever I found that 
friend. 

When I arrived home I packed the suitcase 
I borrowed from Uncle John, put my dental in- 
struments in order and was ready to go. My in- 
tention was to leave on the seven o'clock train that 
evening (Monday). At half-past three Uncle 
John had come home and handed me a small 
amount of money, sufficient to cover my expenses 
for eight or ten weeks, and said that if I should 
need more, all I would have to do would be to 
let him know, and he would get it to me as soon 
as possible. 

I thanked him for his generosity. Then I called 
up the Rev. Mr. Voudel, told him that 7 p. m. 
was the time when I wanted to leave St. Louis. 



THEIR SEARCH FOR A CHRIST 109 

He replied that he was ready and would be at 
our house in a few minutes. 



110 god's two witnesses and 

XXII. 
Joseph Leaves St. Louis. 

It was four-thirty in the afternoon when he 
arrived. 

We then ate a light luncheon together, and, as 
he wanted me to stop in church and say a prayer 
before I went, I bade farewell to Uncle John 
and Aunt Mary, thanked them for all they had 
done for me and left with the Rev. Mr. Voudel, 
who carried my suitcase. We walked toward the 
church, where we arrived in fifteen minutes. We 
knelt and prayed at the altar. The Rev. Mr. 
Voudel was praying for me; he prayed aloud so 
that I could hear every word he said. He asked 
God to guard me, to keep me on the road which 
I had found, and to give ear to my prayers. After 
we had prayed twenty minutes, we arose and 
walked out of the church and toward the station. 

We still had forty minutes' time. The Rev. 
Mr. Voudel was speaking to me all the time, say- 
ing that I was going to Kansas City mostly on 
account of him ; that I thought that if I stayed in 
St. Louis I would never amount to anything 
financially ; that the prize that I would win else- 
where would not be worth having. If I wanted 



THEIR SEARCH FOR A CHRIST 111 

to do the right thing- that I should remain in 
St. Louis with him; that he would find a better 
position for me in St. Louis than I would ever 
be able to find in any other city; and that if the 
money I had lost should ever worry me, he would 
help to make ten times as much in one year. He 
also asked me if I had ever thought of getting 
married; that in our church I was acquainted 
with good and estimable young women, and could 
get married to any one of them. 

When he mentioned marriage, I recalled that 
Mrs. Fielding, the prophetess, had told me that 
I must get married or that the Kingdom of 
Heaven would not be for me. I told the minister 
that I did not have to drop my friends by» leaving 
the city; that I could keep their friendship by 
writing to them often. He reminded me of the 
old saying: "Out of sight is out of mind." But 
that if I did not want to stay, I should write 
and write often ; and that if I ever desired to 
come back to St. Louis, no one would be more 
pleased to see me than he would be. We arrived 
at the station, and still had fifteen minutes to 
spare ; so we sat down and waited ten minutes 
in the waiting room. When that time had passed, 
I bade the Rev. Mr. Voudel good-bye and started 
for my train. I had made only one step for- 
ward when he took hold of my hand and said: 



112 god's two witnesses and 

"Joseph, you are now ready to leave, but before 
you go, kneel before me ; that was the purpose for 
which you came to this city. Kneel before me 
and your son will be the Reformer of the World." 

I wanted to kneel before him, but at that very 
moment three ladies came rushing through the 
waiting room to catch their train, and one of 
them ran right between me and him and brushed 
me back into a seat. When I was ready to kneel 
before him, he said: "It is too late. You have 
not done it. You are an unfortunate person. You 
have lost your last chance. The world will not 
be reformed that way. It will be in a way that 
no one will know but God himself. You have not 
accomplished that for which you had come to this 
city. But do not let your heart be troubled. God 
has many ways in which he can reform this 
world. Live as you have lived the last year, and 
you will at all times be a prince of the world." 

He began to weep and I clasped his hand, bade 
him farewell, and hurried to my train which be- 
gan to move as soon as I had boarded it. 

When I was on the train, my whole experience 
with those two prophets came to my mind. I 
realized how many chances had been given to me 
but I had never been able to grasp them. 

I recalled that I had one more commandment 
to fulfill, and that was to get married if I wanted 



THEIR SEARCH FOR A CHRIST 113 

to come into the Kingdom of Heaven. I also 
recalled that three different persons had foretold 
me that I would die in a prison, and that I would 
be innocent; that was to be the punishment for 
being afraid of being crucified, and for being 
ashamed to kneel before the Holy Ghost. 

But as the voice had spoken to me, and the 
evil spirits had tortured me, I was willing to do 
everything. I decided to fulfill also the last com- 
mandment — to get married — as soon as I was able. 

I arrived in Kansas City in the morning and 
stayed at a hotel over night. As I had no money 
to squander, I had to practice economy. There- 
fore, I wanted a boarding house. The first one 
I came to was on one of the streets near the 
Union Station. It looked much like my home 
in Chicago. When I inquired within, I found 
it to be moderate, suitable and satisfactory. 

During my first week's stay I got well ac- 
quanted with the city. I knew all the parks and 
nearly all the streets, and began to like the city. 

The second week I looked for a position, which 
I found without difficulty, but the salary at which 
I had to start was rather small. I managed things 
the best way I could, and lived contented and sat- 
isfied for one whole year. 

I very seldom thought on the prophets whom 
I had met. 



114 god's two witnesses and 

XXIII. 
Joseph Seeks a Wife. 

When one year had passed I recalled the last 
commandment — to get married if I wanted to 
enter the Kingdom of Heaven. I had had enough 
proof to believe Mrs. Fielding's words, as every- 
thing she had prophesied to me had come true. 

I began to go to church, became a member 
of one, joined societies, and went to all places 
where I thought I would meet a woman whom I 
could ask to become my wife. 

After I had spent eight months in the search 
I gave it up as a failure. 

I wanted to find a young woman who would 
be able to take care of herself; for I believed 
that what the prophets had prophesied would 
come true, and that I would die in a prison. 

1 never told any one a word about my strange 
experience, but the secret that I wanted to get 
married became known somehow, and everybody 
in the office where I worked knew it, and many 
people wanted to help me to take that important 
step. 

One morning, when I had come to the office 



THEIR SEARCH FOR A CHRIST 115 

and had entered the small sanctum sanctorum 
where I worked, I found a matrimonial paper 
lying on the table. It was a monthly published 
in Chicago. I thought it was left there by some 
friend of mine. The paper contained all kinds 
of ads. from young women and young men who 
wanted to get married. After I had looked it 
over carefully, an idea had come to my mind — 
that was to insert an ad. about myself in that 
paper and see how successful I should be. 

I did so that same week, and before long had 
more mail than I could answer. Out of the many 
letters which I received, I chose one from a 
young woman whose name was Edna Brauer, 
and who lived with her aunt in Omaha, but whose 
home was in a small town in Iowa where her 
parents were occupied with farming. 

When I had corresponded with her three 
months, I decided to call on her. I so informed 
her, and received a favorable reply. 

I obtained a leave of absence from my employer 
and on a Monday started for Omaha, arriving 
there after an uneventful trip. I called on Miss 
Brauer the next day and found her to be a beau- 
tiful and well educated young woman. Her 
charms and accomplishments were greater than 
I had expected them to be, and I found that she 
had written me nothing but the truth. 



116 god's two witnesses and 

Her aunt, who was the widow of a soldier, I 
judged to be about sixty-five years old. She was 
a kind-hearted old woman. 

After having stayed four days in Omaha, and 
having given a satisfactory account of myself, 
I proposed to Miss Edna Brauer and was accep- 
ted. One week later we were on our way to Iowa 
to see her parents, for whose consent I wanted 
to ask. When we arrived at the station there, 
we were received by her older brother who was 
waiting for us with a buggy. At the farm house, 
her brothers, sisters and parents welcomed us 
cordially. After having been there a week, and 
becoming well acquainted with her parents and 
all the farmers in the neighborhood, and having 
also given a satisfactory account of myself to her 
parents, I asked them for their daughter's hand, 
and they consented, believing that a dentist was 
able to take care of a wife. I was very happy, 
as I knew that I would soon fulfill the last com- 
mandment that had worried me so long. 

During the second week, we talked matters 
over, and fixed on September 17 for our wedding 
day. That date gave us sixty-five days' time for 
preparations. I decided to go back to Kansas 
City and there prepare a new home for my bride, 
as I liked that city better than any other in which 
I had been. I also asked Edna for her opinion 



THEIR SEARCH FOR A CHRIST 117 

concerning our new home, but she left the matter 
entirely to me. She was willing to go with me 
anywhere, but preferred city life to that on the 
farm, as she had lived on the farm nearly all her 
life. 

Monday morning I left for Kansas City. The 
first week after I had arrived, I did nothing but 
look at cottages, with the intention of buying 
one. When I had seen a number of them, I 
found that property was high. As there was 
one cottage which I preferred, I decided to buy it. 
As I had not quite enough money to pay cash 
for it, I wrote to my uncle to St. Louis, inform- 
ing him that I was going to be married Septem- 
ber 17, also, I told him of my financial standing 
and my intention to buy property. I asked him 
for a loan of $3,000, for I knew that he was the 
only one my relatives that had the money. 

Three days later, I was greatly surpised by 
Uncle John's arriving in Kansas City. He was 
healthy, happy and looked as well as when I saw 
him last. He told me that he had received my 
letter, and thought it best to come and visit me, 
and help me in buying a house, as he was well 
acquainted with real estate values. 



118 god's two witnesses and 

XXIV. 
Joseph Buys a Home. 

After dinner I took him to see the cottage I 
had wanted to buy and was satisfied with the 
price. We bought it that same day. 

The same week we bought furniture and fur- 
nished the whole cottage, which looked very com- 
fortable and inviting when we got through with 
it. Uncle John was a great help to me, in that 
line of work. I appreciated it very much and 
asked him how I would ever be able to repay him. 

At the end of five days, Uncle John was ready 
to leave for St. Louis. I wanted him to stay 
with me over Sunday, and told him I would 
appreciate it, but he said he could not. He re- 
minded me that when I was in St. Louis I never 
stayed home at night, and that now he could 
not stay away from St. Louis on a Sunday. 

He told me that he was conscious about the 
work I had been doing when I was in St. Louis, 
and had been giving away my money. He said 
that he had to give thousands of dollars in a way, 
as I had to, and that he was not yet through with 
his work. 



THEIR SEARCH FOR A CHRIST 119 

When my uncle had informed me about his 
giving money, I knew that the Rev. Mr. Voudel, 
to whose church Uncle John belonged, must have 
prophesied to him, as the prophetess, Mrs. Field- 
ing, had prophesied to me. I did not ask him 
what kind of commandments he had to fulfill, but 
I inquired what he thought of the Rev. Mr. 
Voudel. 

He replied: "That is just what I wanted to 
ask you." He said that the Rev. Mr. Voudel 
was a great man with great power, and looked 
like a God to him ; that the preacher himself had 
told him that he was a prophet, one of God's 
two witnesses. He said that he believed that the 
Rev. Mr. Voudel was one of the two witnesses of 
God, about whom John, the Divine, prophesied 
in the Bible in Revelation, Chapter XI : "And I 
will give power unto my two witnesses, and they 
shall prophesy a thousand, two hundred and three 
score days, clothed in sackcloth. These are the 
tv/o olive trees, and the two candlesticks stand- 
ing before the God of the earth ; and if any man 
will harm them fire proceedeth out of their mouth 
and devoureth their enemies ; and if any man will 
hurt them, he must in this manner be killed. 
These have power to shut heaven that it rain not 
in the days of their prophesy; and have power 
over waters to turn them to blood, and to smite 



120 god's two witnesses and 

the earth with all plagues, as often as they will. 
And when they shall have finished their testi- 
mony, the beast that ascendeth out of the bottom- 
less pit shall make war against them, and shall 
overcome them, and kill them, and their dead 
bodies shall lie in the street of a great city which 
spiritually is called Sodom and Egypt, where alsu 
our Lord was crucified. And they of the people 
and kindreds and tongues and nations shall see 
their dead bodies three days and an half, and 
shall not suffer their bodies to be put in graves. 
And they that dwell upon the earth shall rejoice 
over them, and make merry, and shall send gifts 
one to another, because these two prophets tor- 
mented them that dwelt on the earth. And after 
three and an half, the spirit of life from God 
entered into them, and they stood upon their feet, 
and great fear fell upon them which saw them. 
And they heard a great voice from heaven saying 
unto them, come up hither, and they ascended up 
to heaven in a cloud; and their enemies beheld 
them. And the same hour was there a great 
earthquake, and the tenth part of the city fell, 
and in the earthquake were slain of men seven 
thousand, and the remnant were affrighted and 
gave glory to the God of Heaven." 

When my uncle had told me this, I went and 
looked for my Bible to see if what he had just 



THEIR SEARCH FOR A CHRIST 121 

told me was correct. I had read the Bible many 
times, but had never read this prophesy about the 
two witnesses. I then informed my uncle that 
I had also met the other witness, a woman, whom 
he probably knew, Mrs. Fielding, and he knew 
her, but had not seen her for eighteen years. 

I told him what she prophesied to me, and 
how she wanted to make a reformer of the world, 
or a Second Messiah. When I had told him my 
whole experience with the two prophets, he was 
greatly astonished. He said that the Rev. Mr. 
Voudel did not want to make a Messiah out of 
him, only wanted him to give some of his money, 
and had advised him to follow his advice, and 
that if he failed to do so, he would not have one 
peaceful day the rest of his life. 

My Uncle John and I accepted these two 
prophets as the two witnesses about whom the 
Bible speaks. 

Friday evening, after supper, Uncle John was 
ready to depart. I carried his traveling bag and 
accompanied him to the station. On the way I 
reminded him not to forget to attend my wedding 
September 17. He assured me that he would be 
there. He said that the money which he had lent 
me to buy the cottage, he wanted me to accept 
as a present, and that he was very glad that he 
could do such a favor for me. 



122 god's two witnesses and 

When we arrived at the station I thanked Uncle 
John for the great favor he had done for me, and 
bade him farewell with the hope of seing him on 
my wedding day in Iowa. 

That same week I wrote home to my parents, 
brother and friends, and informed them that I 
was going to be married and invited all of them 
to attend. 

September the seventeeth finally arrived, and 
Edna and I were married. My parents, brother 
and uncle, and many friends of mine, had at- 
tended; also Edna's relatives and friends. The 
next day Edna and I departed on our honeymoon 
trip, which we had planned, to Yellowstone Park, 
where we spent three weeks. From there we 
returned to our cottage home in Kansas City, 
and there enjoyed peace and rest. 

The next week I showed my wife through 
Kansas City. 

Then I began to practice my profession. 

We were happy and satisfied until four months 
had passed. One evening, when I came home 
from the office, a messenger boy handed me a 
telegram from home. It had been sent by my 
brother. He said that my father had met with 
an accident, and wanted me to come home. I 
telephoned to my employer the same evening, 
informing him about the telegram. He consented 



THEIR SEARCH FOR A CHRIST 123 

to my going home. My wife and I left for 
Montana that same night. When I asked the 
doctor about my father's recovery, I found that 
he had given up all hope. I then entered the 
room where my father was lying. He recognized 
me, but was unable to move, being entirely help- 
less. He spoke in a low voice, and explained how 
the accident had happened. He had been caught 
in a big, fast-running wheel in the shop, and be- 
fore the machinery could be stopped he was 
picked up from the floor unconscious. 

While he was speaking to me, he looked at 
his finger ring lying on a small table. He told 
me to take the ring and keep it as a token. The 
ring bore an emblem of a fraternity of which he 
was a member. When he had spoken those words, 
he closed his eyes and breathed very feebly. I 
saw that a great change had taken place in him 
since I had seen him last, at my wedding. Grief 
and sorrow overtook me, and I left the room 
with tears in my eyes. Later in the evening he 
grew worse, he was unable to recognize any one, 
and we realized that no medical skill could save 
him. All our family stayed awake. At eleven 
o'clock he passed into that deep sleep called death. 



124 god's two witnesses and 

XXV. 
Joseph's Father Dies. 

The funeral was held from our home. Father 
was the first one to be buried in our family lot. 

The first day after my father's burial, Mrs. 
Wayne, formerly Miss Cramer, came to visit us, 
and sympathized deeply with our sorrow. I had 
not seen her for five years, but I had been in- 
formed about her wedding three years ago when 
I was in St. Louis. Changes had taken' place 
with both of us. Both had married. Her father 
had committed suicide. My father had been killed 
by an accident. I recalled that when I had been 
home five years ago, Mrs. Fielding told me one 
day, when she had come to visit us, that she had 
prophesied to Mr. Cramer and had asked him 
to do something, and he had not done it; that 
she had given him a commandment which he must 
fulfill ; that when the time would come, he would 
have to fulfill that commandment, he would re- 
fuse to do it; that when he would be tortured, 
would suffer very much, would not be able to 
stand it; and that he would commit suicide by 
taking poison. 



THEIR SEARCH FOR A CHRIST 125 

As we were talking my wife came in the parlor 
where we were sitting. I introduced her to Mrs. 
Wayne, who then began recalling old times, say- 
ing how bashful I had been five years ago, when 
I was home after I had finished my course in the 
dental college. How she had to beg me to have 
my future told by a friend ; that when I did con- 
sent to have it told, my father had come and 
stopped Mrs. Fielding from telling it. She also 
recalled that my father and Mrs. Fielding quar- 
reled about fortune-telling. Mrs. Wayne then 
suddenly stopped talking, as if she had been 
struck by something. Then, with great excite- 
ment, she exclaimed that on that date (five years 
ago), Mrs. Fielding had foretold my father's 
death. She repeated the very words that Mrs. 
Fielding had used on that day. I also recalled 
them. My mother said that she had never for- 
gotten them, that they were on her mind ever 
since, and she praised Mrs. Fielding for being a 
great prophetess. 

Mrs. Wayne said that Mrs. Fielding had told 
her future twice, once at her home and once at 
our home, the last time was five years ago when 
I was there. 

As we were speaking Mrs. Fielding entered. 
She seemed just the same as she had five years 
ago — not changed in the least. I greeted her in 



126 god's two witnesses and 

a friendly manner, and introduced her to my wife. 
I asked her to sit beside me. I knew and had felt 
something of her great power. I decided to ob- 
serve her closely so that she would not have a 
chance to exert her power over my wife. I was 
wrapt in these thoughts, when she spoke to me, 
saying that she knew that I was angry at her, 
and begged me to forgive her if she had harmed 
me in any way. 

I told her that I forgave her freely. tier face 
flushed with happiness and her eyes beamed with 
joy. She told me that she did not have to 
prophesy any more ; that I had been the last man 
to whom she had to prophesy, and that I should 
not be afraid of her, as nothing unpleasant or 
evil would happen to me any more ; that her work 
was going on just the same, only it was being 
done by a younger person than herself. She said 
she was very happy to be relieved from prophesy- 
ing ; that she made enemies every place she went ; 
that even her own daughter and son-in-law had 
been angry at her for a long time, and told her 
that she had made them unfortunate with her 
prophesying. 

Mrs. Fielding went on speaking as follows : 
"All those whom I have met and to whom I have 
prophesied, and who call themselves unfortunate 
on account of having fulfilled my commandments 



THEIR SEARCH FOR A CHRIST 127 

will some day call themselves fortunate. I must 
say that the only time when you, Joseph, lived 
a Christian life, was when you were fulfilling my 
commandments. You should not call that a mis- 
fortune, nor curse the one who brought it upon 
you. You should thank God every day for having 
given you strength and power to overcome evil. 
As God has proved His strength and power to 
you, you should at all times try to live the life 
of a Christian. For the sinner is the one who 
knows right from wrong and does wrong. The 
majority of people do not believe in God and still 
less in Christ. They say that Christianity started 
from a political dispute in Christ's days. Many 
go to church and donate money while poor peo- 
ple are hungry and naked. I want you to under- 
stand that Christ can not be found in the 
churches ; that is why I have not been in one for 
the last forty-eight years. If ever a true reformer 
does arise, he will start to reform the churches 
first. You, Mr. Carrol, know about God's power, 
so it is useless for me to preach to you. Live the 
life of a Christian as you did when you were in 
St. Louis and all will be well with you. For we 
all know that we must face our Creator some 
day, and receive our reward according to our 
work. 

"The preachers have been preaching this, and 



128 god's two witnesses and 

are still preaching it. The people know it, but in 
their wild chase after money forget all about it. 
Nearly everybody wants to attain wealth, and 
many people do. When they have attained wealth, 
they realize that they have done wrong, and begin 
to feel the weight of their sins. A few out of the 
many begin to give their wealth away, and believe 
that by doing so they will wash their sins away." 

Mrs. Fielding kept on speaking, but she did 
not interest me at all. I wanted to live a Christian 
life, and had decided to live as Christ had lived 
when He was on earth. I had tried it, but had 
found it very difficult in the twentieth century, 
and gave it up. Then I tried to live as all the 
other so-called Christians did. 

My purpose was to start a dental office of my 
own, and to earn enough money in five years so 
I would not have to work. That was not a Chris- 
tian purpose. 

My brother had also listened to Mrs. Fielding 
and he was getting nervous. His idea about the 
hereafter was to go there where his friends 
would be. If he belonged among the sheep, he 
would go to them, and if among the goats, he 
would go to the goats. He arose and asked me 
to take a walk with him, as he did not want to 
listen to Mrs. Fielding any longer. 

We excused ourselves to the ladies, and then 



THEIR SEARCH FOR A CHRIST 129 

walked toward the forest about three-quarters of 
a mile from our home. 

When we came to the forest, we lay down on 
the grass and rested. My brother was worried 
by the new responsibilities that had fallen on 
him. He was to manage our father's business, 
and felt that he lacked the necessary knowledge. 
He requested me to stay with him about two 
weeks, and help him out in his work as much as 
I could. I promised him to stay until he got 
everything in order. 

When we arrived home, Mrs. Fielding was 
still there, but was getting ready to leave. I 
walked with her through the garden, as I wanted 
to ask her a question. When we had come to 
the gate, I asked Mrs. Fielding if she knew the 
woman who had asked me to kneel before her 
in the train when I was on my way to Chicago 
five years before. She answered that she her- 
self had prayed for me to God that He would 
have mercy on my soul ; that God had heard her 
prayer and had given me another chance to kneel 
before the Holy Ghost who had spoken to me 
through that woman ; that she was a poor work- 
ing woman and herself did not know that the 
Holy Ghost had spoken through her. 

Mrs. Fielding told me that I was the last man 
to whom she had prophesied, and that, like all 



130 god's two witnesses and 

the others, I had been afraid to die for the peo- 
ple. She began to weep ; then she turned and 
walked away. 

When I had stayed at home two weeks, I saw 
that my brother was well able to manage the 
business, and decided to leave on the following 
Monday. On that day, my wife and I bade my 
mother, brother and all our friends farewell, and 
left for Kansas City. There I began to work at 
my profession. I allowed nothing to worry me 
for eight months. But when eight months had 
passed, a torturing thought had settled on my 
mind: that was the fear of the prison; for Mrs. 
Fielding had told me that I would be taken a 
prisoner and would die in a prison, but that T 
would be innocent of the crime with which I 
would be charged ; and that no one would be able 
to help me. 

These thoughts worried me day and night. I 
believed that it all would happen, as everything 
that Mrs. Fielding had told me had come true; 
and it had been told me not only by her, but also 
by two other persons, the woman on the train, 
and by the Rev. Mr. Voudel. Every one in the 
office where I worked was astonished at the great 
change that had taken place in me, and they often 
asked me what caused it; but I never explained 



THEIR SEARCH FOR A CHRIST 131 

anything to anybody as I knew that no one could 
help me. 

The only thing that could shake those fear- 
ful thoughts from my mind was prayer. So, 
whenever I was tormented by those thoughts 
I went and prayed, often hours at a time. My 
wife also saw that a great change had taken 
place in me, and she often said that I was not 
the man whom she had married one year ago. 
But I did not tell her the cause, as I did not 
want to see her worry. Every fourth. Sunday 
I had to work half a day. It was on one of 
those Sundays that those tormenting thoughts 
had taken possession of me, and no matter how 
hard I tried, I could not shake them off. The 
three months' torture had weakened me phys- 
ically and mentally. I had lost thirty-five 
pounds. I was nothing but only skin and 
bones. My complexion was that of a man who 
had spent ten or fifteen years in prison, and I 
was as w r rinkled in my face as an old man. 

I was as reduced physically as a man can be. 

That Sunday the torment was worse than 
ever. I got so weak that I was unable to work, 
but managed to finish the work on the patient 
on whom I was operating. Then I went out, 
locked myself in a private office and there de- 
cided that I would not see another Sunday. 



132 god's two witnesses and 

Then I prayed to God to relieve me of the 
torturing thoughts. When I had prayed about 
one hour, the chimes in a near-by church began 
to play, "O Near My God to Thee." The 
chimes were playing and I was praying. Sud- 
denly, like a crasb of thunder, I heard a voice 
speak to me. It was a very different voice 
from that which had spoken to me in St. Louis. 
The voice said : "J ose P n > I have heard your 
prayer. Your sins are forgiven, and that which 
my prophetess has prophesied to you will not 
happen. You will not go to prison and will no 
longer be tormented. Obey my commandments 
and do right at all times." 

How these words affected me I can not ex- 
press. I thanked God for His mercy, for I saw 
that He was really merciful. 

I arranged matters with the other doctor in 
the office, so that I could go home, and arrived 
there just in time to go with my wife to church. 
That Sunday was one of the happiest days I 
had in many years; I knew that all my com- 
mandments were fulfilled, and that I would no 
longer be tortured and that God proved to me 
His power in a way as He had not to veiy 
many men in the last nineteen hundred years. 



NOV 13 1913 



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